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HOW TO CELEBRATE 



WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY 



IN THE SCHOOLROOM. 




HELPS FOR THE PRIMARY, GRAMMAR.. AND 
HIGH SCHOOL. 



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PREFACE. 



Patriotism cannot be too much cultivated in our 
schools. By patriotism is not meant a sentiment which 
would cause unthinking laudation or an enthusiasm 
which would produce noisy demonstrations. Much 
better than this is the patriotism which leads to the de- 
liberate belief that our nation is the greatest and nob- 
lest on the earth — a belief drawn from a study of our 
country's achievements and heroes of its history and of 
its present commanding position. 

No day in the year offers so excellent an opportunity 
for patriotic lessons in natural history in our schools 
— lessons that will leave a lasting impression on chil- 
dren's minds — as the birthday of George Washington. 
The editor and publishers of this book offer it to teach- 
ers in the belief that it will be of material assistance to 
them in preparing a patriotic, dignified, and useful ob- 
servance of this national holiday. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

Special Exercises : 

His Birthday. By A. M. K 5 

Tableaux and Recitations 6 

Our National Songs. By E. L. Benedict. ... - 14 

Historic Exercise. By Elizabeth R. Morey 25 

Honoring the Flag. By H. S. Kellogg 33 

Washington is our Model. By Henry G. Williams 37 

Questions and Answers 39 

The Builders. By Lizzie M. Hadley 44 

Pictures from the Life of Washington. By the author of 

'.' Preston Papers. " 46 

Celebrating Washington's Birthday. By Vincent S. Hadley. 54 

Recitations and Songs : 

The Twenty-second of Februarv. Bryant 62 

I Would Tell ' 62 

Flag of the Rainbow - 64 

The School-house Stands bv the Flag . . , 65 

The Good Old Days. Burdette 65 

A Boy's Protest. Ruth Davenport 66 

Our Flag. Montgomery 67 

Tribute to Washington. Cook 68 

America. Bryant. . 69 

Welcome, Thou Festal Morn. Howland 71 

Washington's Birthday. Chas. S. Davis 72 

Flag of the Free 73 

Our Presidents = ...... 73 

Flag-drills : 

No. 1. By Lillian E. Snow 75 

No. 2. Selected 79 

No. 3, By Eloise Hemphill 82 

Fifty Patriotic Quotations , S5 




HIS BIRTHDAY, 



BY A. M. K. 

(The following exercise can be made very picturesque by selecting - among 
the youngest children, ten who are very nearly of the same height. Each 
child should wear a long white apron, and a mob cap made of blue muslin. 
Each of the letters in the word Washington should be twelve inches and 
painted red. Each child has one letter hung around her neck, and in the 
right turn steps on the platform and speaks, all the children together spelling 
the word Washington.) 

{First little girl steps upon the platform, stands in 
the centre while she repeats her sentence, and when 
through steps to the end.) 

W. We celebrate Washington's birthday because 
he was a brave and good man, and because he did 
so much for his country. 

(Second child advances, stands in the centre to speak 
and then moves on to the side of the first child. All 
follow this plan till the name Washington is com- 
pleted) 

A. George Washington was born in Virginia in 
1793. The house is not standing now, but a stone 
with his name on it marks the place. 

S. When he was thirteen years old he wrote out 
a great many papers, and rules to help him in his 
education. 

H. He was so wise and just that his school- 
mates often called upon him to settle their disputes. 

I. His favorite games were military ones. At 
school he divided his playmates into two armies 
which he named the French and American. He 
took command of the American side, and used corn- 

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stalks for muskets. Then he would fight the make- 
believe battle with great fury. 

N. When Washington was nineteen years old he 
was given charge of real soldiers. 

G. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war, 
he was chosen commander-in-chief of the army. 

T. During the eight years of the war he bravely 
and faithfully served his country. 

O. Then he returned to his home at Mount Ver- 
non, Virginia, a place where he loved to live quietly 
and comfortably. 

N. His country did not want to give him up, 
however, so they chose him for the first president of 
the United States, and this position he held for eight 
years. 

(The simplicity of the language and brief remarks 
make this exercise of special use to the primary 
children. But the representation is so pretty that it 
may be enlarged upon for an intermediate or gram- 
mar grade by introducing longer speeches and reci- 
tations that are to the point.) 

Tableaux and Recitations, 
(for the primary grade.) 

i. Song — "America " (first stanza). [School.] 

2. Recitation — " Washington's Birthday." 
(By a small boy.) 
Once, last winter, I was playing 

With my dog out in the street ; 
We were having fun together, 
Racing to see who could beat. 

From the houses all around us 

Lovely flags were hanging out. 
Jip and I could not help wond'ring 

What it all could be about. 

By and by we heard some music, 

First it sounded far away ; 
When it turned around our corner, 

Jip and I soon stopped our play. 



HIS BIRTHDAY. 7 

And we stood quite still and watched them 
Till no more they could be seen ; 

Then we hurried home to mamma 
To find out what it could mean. 

Mamma looked down kindly on me: 

" Don't you know, my little son, 
That to-day we keep the birthday 

Of our brave George Washington ? 

" Long ago, in our own country, 
When men struggled for the right, 

It was Washington who led them 
Through the thickest of the fight. 

" But at last the war was ended, 

And the victory was won ; 
Then a president was needed, 

So they chose George Washington. 

" And to-day we keep his birthday ; 

Let us each remember w T ell 
That his bravery and wisdom 

Saved the land in which we dwell." 

(A Short Sketch of Washington's Childhood.) 
(By the teacher.) 
{Bring in the hatchet incident?) 

Recitation— " The Truthful Boy." 

(By a small boy.) 
Once there was a little boy 

With curly hair and pleasant eye ; 
A boy who always told the truth 
m And never, never told a lie. 

All who knew him loved him much, 
Because he always told the truth ; 

And every day as he grew up 

Twas said, "There goes an honest youth." 

Recitation. [School.] 

Don't tell a lie, dear children, 

No matter what you do. 
Own up and be a hero, 

Right honest, brave, and true. 



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6. Recitation— " Old Father Time:' 

(By a boy.) 

I'm Old Father Time, 

As old as can be; 
I always have lived 

(That's reason, you see). 

I should like to remain, 

But I really can't stay, 
For Old Father Time 

Must go on his way. 

If I only could stay, 

Some stories I'd tell 
Of things that I've seen 

In this land where you dwell. 

But I cannot remain, 

And so, when I go, 
I will send you my daughters; 

They will tell what they know. 

7. Tableau — Old Father Time and his Daughters. 

(This tableau represents Old Father Time send- 
ing his daughters, the months, to tell some stories 
connected with Washington's life and the Revolu- 
tion. 

Old Father Time's costume consists of a gray wig, 
full beard, and a cloak. The months are costumed to 
represent the seasons to which they belong. Father 
Time, in the tableau, appears to be speaking, While 
the months are grouped around him in listening 
attitudes.) 

8. Recitation— " The Months:' 

(Twelve girls.) 

All. — Old Father Time sent us ; 
Would you like us to stay 
And tell you the things 
That he told us to say ? 



HIS BIRTHDAY. 

January. — I'm January, 

First month of the year. 
A week after Christmas 
I always appear. 

Once I was coming, 

I heard a great roar ; 
'Twas just as the battle 

Of Trenton was o'er. 

Not very long after 

I heard a big gun ; 
They said 'twas the battle 

At Princeton begun. 

February. — January's gone, 

February's here, 
See ! I am the smallest 

Month of all the year. 
Little though I am, 

I am proud, you see, 
For I bring the birthday 

Of Washington with me. 

March. — You all have heard of Boston, 

And it may be that you know 
About what happened there, one March, 
A long, long time ago. 

The British men in Boston 
Tried to keep our men away ; 

But, of course, they couldn't do it, 
Weren't smart enough, I say. 

April. — I shall bring to you the story 
Of the men of Lexington ; 
How they hurried to the battle 

When they heard the "minute gun." 

I will tell you too of Concord, 

How the Red Coats ran away, 
Frightened by a little army 
i half so large as they. 



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May. — A long time since, 

In the month of May, 
A fleet was anchored 
In Charleston bay. 

They thought they'd drive 

Oar army away ; 
But they found our men 

Had come to stay. 

June. — June is called the month of roses, 

Now she comes, with flowers so gay, 
In her turn to tell the story 
Of one long and dreadful day. 

All day long the people waited 
For the tidings good or ill 

That should tell them of the battle, 
Who had won on Bunker Hill. 

With sad hearts they heard the story 
How the British twice gave way ; 

Then came back in larger numbers 
And, in triumph, won the day. 

July. — Do you know why we keep 
The Fourth of July? 
If you don't know the reason 
I'll just tell you why. 

It all was about 

" Independence," it seems ; 
That's a very long word, 

But you know what it means. 

August. — At Bennington's great battle 
I heard the general say, 
" My Mollie Stark's a widow 
Unless we win to-day." 

" What does he mean ? " I wondered. 

Can he really mean to say, 
If his men lose the battle 

He'll want to die to-day? 



HIS BIRTHDAY, I' 

But his soldiers didn't want it 

To be that way, I guess ; 
For they said, "We'll beat the British, 

And they fought their very best. 

September. — The story that I bring you 

Is neither bright nor glad ; 
Perhaps I should not tell it, 
Because it is so sad. 

I tell of Arnold's treason ; 

'Tis a sad, sad thing to know 
That he turned against his country 

And went over to the foe. 

October. — April told of war's beginning, 
I shall tell you of its close ; 
How our men at Yorktown's battle 
Won a victory o'er their foes. 

When the people heard the story 

Every one was very glad, 
For the thought of war and killing 

Often made them very sad. 

November. — The war is over ; goldiers, 

Come, put away your guns ; 
My ! won't your dear old mothers 
Be glad to see their sons ? 

And won't the wives and children, 
Who have been so long alone, 

Be almost wild with gladness, 

When they know you're coming home ' 

December. — I'm the last of all the year, 

Soon the New Year will be here ; 

But, before I go away, 

I have something sad to say. 

One Decern ber, long ago, 
An angel came and whispered low 
To Washington. She said, " I come 
To take you with me to my home/' 



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9. — A Lesson on the American Flag. 

(By the teacher.) 

{Aim of Lesson, — To teach patriotism. To teach 
significance of our emblem. Plan. — Illustrate love 
of country by the story of Dom Pedro. Bring out 
the idea that, if a person loves his country, he will 
love any memento or symbol of it. Tell the chil- 
dren what the stars and stripes represent in our 
flag. Lead them to see that, since these represent 
States, the flag is the symbol of our country. There- 
fore, if a man loves his country, he will love its em- 
blem, the flag.) 

10. Exercise — " The American Flag." 
(Three girls.) 

All. — We wear to-day the colors, 

To which our men were true ; 
Long may they wave above us, 
The red, the white, the blue. 

Red. — Bright as the rays of morning, 

When comes the dawn's first gleam, 
Within our much-loved banner 
The crimson bars are seen. 

White. — Pure as the snowflakes falling, 
Or early morning light, 
Among the bars of crimson 
Appear the bars of white. 

Blue. — Bright as the sky at evening 

W r hen gleam the stars of night, 
. The blue within our banner 
Enfolds the stars of white. 

All. — And the red, white, and blue 
Forever " shall wave 
O'er the land of the free 

And the home of the brave. " 

(This exercise requires that each child shall wear 
a sash of tissue paper of the appropriate color. The 



HIS BIRTHDAY. i3 

sash may be worn over the right shoulder and tied 
at the waist under the left arm.) 

ii. Singing. [School.] 

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, 
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, 
The Union, the Union forever, 
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue. 

(Repeat this stanza. Let the children wave hand- 
kerchiefs as they sing.) 

12. Acrostic — Washington. [Ten children.] 

(Each child is supplied with a white star, on which 
is a gilt letter. The stars are turned so that the 
letters are not visible to the audience. As each 
child recites, the star is turned and held up.) 

W is for Warren, a soldier brave and bold. 

A is for General Arnold, a traitor, I am told. 

S is General Schuyler, always foremost in the fight, 

H is for John Hancock, who stood firm for the right. 

I is independence, for which our soldiers fought. 

N New York, a city, for which both armies sought. 

G is General Greene, a soldier of renown. 

T it stands for Trenton, an old historic town. 

O is for " Old Putnam," Washington's firm friend. 

N is for the Nation, they both fought to defend. 

(The children stand for a moment and then re- 
peat) — "First in peace; first in war; first in the 
hearts of his countrymen." 

13. Tableau — " Strewing Flowers i/i Washington's 
Path." 

(This tableau represents four little girls, dressed 
in white, strewing flowers in Washington's way. 
Paper flowers may be used, and if for any reason 
white is undesirable, the teacher may use her own 
preference in the matter of costumes.) 

14. Singing — u America " (second stanza). [School.] 



*4 WASHINGTON. 

OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 

BY E. L. BENEDICT. 

Opening Song. [By the School.] Tune — "America." 
MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE. 

My country ! 'tis of thee, 
Sweet land of liberty, 

Of- thee I sing ; 
Land where my fathers died ; 
Land of the pilgrim's pride ; 
From every mountain side, 

Let freedom ring. 

My native country ! thee, 
Land of the noble free, 

Thy name I love ; 
I love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed hills ; 
My heart with rapture thrills, 

Like that above. 

Let music swell the breeze, 
And ring from all the trees, 

Sweet freedom's song ; 
Let mortal tongues awake, 
Let all that breathe partake, 
Let rocks their silence break, 

The sound prolong. 

Opening Address. [By teacher or older pupil.'] 

In these hurrying times, when so much is occupy- 
ing our attention, we are in danger of allowing our 
patriotism to grow cold. We do not say half as 
much about our country as the old Greeks used to ; 
and theirs could not begin to be such a glorious 
land as ours. And we do not sing our national 
songs half as often as do the people of other na- 
tions. Some of our best ones are seldom heard, and 
others I am afraid are entirely forgotten. 

This afternoon we propose to revive some of our 
old, patriotic memories, poems, and songs. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 15 

Address to the Flag. [By a pupil.'] 

In 1777, within a few days of one year after the 
Declaration of Independence, the congress of the 
colonies in the confederated states assembled and 
ordained this glorious national flag, and advanced it 
full high before God and all men as the flag of 
liberty. 

It was no holiday flag, gorgeously emblazoned for 
gayety or vanity. It was a solemn national signal. 
When that banner first unrolled to the sun, it was 
the symbol of all those holy truths and purposes 
which brought together the colonial American Con- 
gress ! Our flag means now all that our fathers 
meant in the Revolutionary War ; it means all that 
the Declaration of Independence meant ; it means 
all that the constitution of our people, organizing for 
justice, for liberty, and for happiness, meant. Our 
flag carries American ideas, American history, and 
American feelings. Beginning with the colonies and 
coming down to our time, in its sacred heraldry, in 
its glorious insignia, it has gathered and stored 
chiefly this supreme idea: Divine right of liberty in 
man. Every color means liberty ; every thread 
means liberty ; every form of star and beam, or 
stripe of light, means liberty ; not lawlessness, not 
license, but organized institutional liberty, — liberty 
through law, and laws for liberty. 

Accept it, then, in all its fulness of meaning. It 
is not a painted rag. It is a whole national history. 
It is the constitution. It is the government. It is 
the free people that stand in the government, on 
the constitution. Forget not what it means ; and 
for the sake of its ideas, be true to your country's 
flag. — Beecher. 
Declamation. \By a pupil.] 

THE AMERICAN FLAG. 
When Freedom, from her mountain height, 

Unfurled her standard to the air, 
She tore the azure robe of night, 

And set the stars of glory there ; 



16 WASHINGTON. 

She mingled with its gorgeous dyes 
The milky baldric of the skies, 
And striped its pure celestial white 
With streakings of the morning light ; 
Then, from his mansion in the sun, 
She called her eagle bearer down, 
And gave into his mighty hand 
The symbol of her chosen land* 

Flag of the brave ! thy folds shall fly, 
The sign of hope and triumph, high, 
When speaks the signal trumpet tone, 
And the long line comes gleaming on ; 
Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, 
Has dimmed the glistening bayonet, 
Each soldier eye shall brightly turn 
To where thy sky-born glories burn, 
And, as his springing steps advance, 
Catch war and vengeance from the glance. 
And when the cannon-mouthings loud 
Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud, 
And gory sabres rise and fall 
Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall. — 
Then shall thy meteor glances glow, 

And cowering foes shall sink beneath 
Each gallant arm that strikes below 

That lovely messenger of death. 

Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave 
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; 
When death, careering on the gale, 
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, 
And frighted waves rush wildly back 
Before the broadside's reeling rack, 
Each dying wanderer of the sea 
Shall look at once to Heaven and thee, 
And smile to see thy splendors fly 
In triumph o'er his closing eye. 

Flag of the free heart's hope and home, 
By angel hands to valor given, 

Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, 
And all thy hues were born in heaven. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 



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Forever float that standard-sheet ! 

Where breathes the foe but falls before us, 
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, 

And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? 

Joseph Rodman Drake. 

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O Columbia, the gem of the ocean, 

The home of the brave and the free ; 
The shrine of each patriot's devotion, 

The world offers homage to thee. 
Thy mandates make heroes assemble, 

When liberty's form stands in view ; 
Thy banners make tyranny tremble, 

When borne by the red, white, and blue. 

Chorus. 
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue ! 
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue ! 
Thy mandates make heroes assemble : 
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue .' 



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When war waged its wide desolation, 

And threatened this land to deform ; 
The ark then of freedom's foundation, 

Columbia, rode safe through the storm. 
With her garlands of vict'ry around her, 

When so proudly she bore her brave crew; 
With her flag proudly floating before her, 

Grand flag of the red, white, and blue. 

Cho.— Three cheers, etc. 

All the people of earth who come hither, 

Come sing for the soldiers our hymn ; 
May the wreaths they have won never wither, 

Nor the star of their glory grow dim. 
May the hearts of the people ne'er sever, 

But all to our colors prove true : 
Our vet'rans and heroes forever, 

Three cheers for the red, white, and blue ! 

Cho. — Three cheers, etc. 

Address. [By the teacher or an older pupil.'] 

It would be interesting if we could tell just what 
were the earliest ideas of our forefathers about the 
making of the flag. 

As soon as the colonists had fully decided to sepa- 
rate from the British, they began to think about 
having a flag of their own. We have no record of 
the devices that were proposed, nor the speeches 
that were made. But finally, about a month before 
the Declaration of Independence was made, the de- 
sign was drawn out on paper, and a committee ap- 
pointed to see about having the flag made. George 
Washington was one of this committee. 

In a little house on Arch Street lived a woman 
whom Washington knew to be very skilful with her 
needle. She had embroidered the ruffles for his 
shirt-fronts for many years. Her name was Mrs. 
John Ross. To her, therefore, the committee went, 
and in her little back parlor the Father of his Coun- 
try sat down and drew off the design for his coun- 
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OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 19 

it, and must have been successful, for it is said that 
she was afterwards employed for many years by the 
Government in making flags. 

There is no record of when or where the Stars 
and Stripes were first unfurled, but they were in 
general use soon after the Declaration of Independ- 
ence. 
Address. {By teacher or older pupil. ~\ 

There is a famous air which lays claim above all 
others to be our national song. It did not originate 
in America, there is no patriotism in its words — they 
are simply ridiculous nonsense, and the music is 
quite in keeping with them. In itself there is noth- 
ing grand or inspiring, but merely on account of its 
associations the sound of this tune always quickens 
the heart of every true American. 

We keep its memory green because we remember 
that our fathers played it for the British to keep 
step to, when they marched out of Yorktown a hun- 
dred years ago. The joke must have sorely vexed 
the enemy, for they themselves had used the tune 
so often in derision of the " Yankees," it was bitter 
fun to have it turned against them in this fashion. 
Then, too, at Bunker Hill the Americans were 
roused to enthusiasm by this old tune, as they made 
their first furious resistance against those who had 
so long bullied and derided them. 

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20 WASHINGTON. 

" Yankee Doodle " first appeared in America at 
the time of the French wars, twenty years before 
the Revolution. 

Our ragged, uncouth countrymen, when they 
marched into Albany to join the British regulars 
against the French, were a funny-looking set. Some 
wore long coats, some short ones, some none at all. 
Some had their hair close-cropped, and some wore it 
down on their shoulders, The music they tried to 
keep step to was as outlandish as their appearance, 
and altogether they furnished a great deal of amuse- 
ment to their well-dressed allies. One of the British 
officers in derision offered to give them a tune to 
march by, and taught them " Yankee Doodle." 
Instead of being offended, the colonists were well 
pleased, and did some lively marching to it, all 
through the war. 

Twenty years afterward, when the Revolutionary 
struggle began, " Yankee Doodle " appeared again, 
this time with some doggerel rhymes which an 
enterprising New-Englander had produced. The 
American " boys " caught them up and made merry 
over them. Here are some of the words they sang : 
[School sings. ~] 

Father and I went down to camp 
Along with Captain Gooding ; 

And there we see the men and boys 
As thick as hasty-pudding. 

Chorus — Yankee Doodle, keep it up, 
Yankee Doodle Dandy ; 
Mind the music and the step, 
And with the girls be handy. 

The British too fixed up some verses and sang 
them back at the Yankees. Here is a sample: 
{School sings.] 

Yankee Doodle came to town, 

For to buy a firelock, 
We will tar and feather him, 

And so we will John Hancock. — Chorus. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 21 

But "Yankee Doodle " had done service in mak- 
ing fun of people long before this. Away back in 
the time of Cromwell, when that great man came 
riding into Oxford, he wore a plume upon his hat 
which the King called a maccaroni, and so the 
King's party sang : 
\School si tigs. ,] 

Yankee Doodle came to town 

Upon a Kentish pony, 
He stuck a feather in his hat 

And called him maccaroni. — Chorus. 
ADDRESS. [ Teacher or pupil.'] 

A song that was written for the express purpose 
of arousing a national feeling, at a time when there 
was danger that the country was going to divide 
and take sides with England and France, is " Hail 
Columbia." 

The author had aimed to express an American 
spirit, so that those that heard it would not run to 
take the part of either England or France, but remem- 
ber that they had a glorious land of their own — and 
he succeeded. It was sung every night for the entire 
season, was caught up and sung on the streets, and 
soon became a national song. 

Hail, Columbia ! 
Hail, Columbia ! happy land ! 
Hail, ye heroes ! heaven-born band ! 
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, 
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, 
And when the storm of war was gone, 
Enjoyed the peace your valor won. 
Let independence be our boast, 
Ever mindful what it cost ; 
Ever grateful for the prize, 
Let its altar reach the skies. 

Chorus, 

Firm, united, let us be, 
Rallying round our liberty ; 
As a band of brothers joined, 
Peace and safety shall we find. 



22 



WASHINGTON. 



HAIL COLUMBIA. 




Immortal patriots ! rise once more ; 
Defend your rights, defend your shore ; 
Let no rude foe, with impious hand, 
Let no rude foe, with impious hand, 
Invade the shrine where sacred lies 
Of toil and blood the well-earned prize. 
While offering peace, sincere and just, 
In Heaven we place a manly trust, 
That truth and justice will prevail, 
And every scheme of bondage fail. 

Cho. — Firm, united, etc. 

Song. \By the school^ 

Address. \_By teacher or older pupil.~\ 

Another song — one of the grandest of all, and 
most commonly recognized as the national song of 
our country, is " The Star-Spangled Banner," written 
by Francis Scott Key. It was founded upon the fol- 
lowing facts : Just before the attack on Baltimore by 
the British, a gentleman had gone out from that 
city with a flag of truce to get a friend released. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 



23 



When he reached the mouth of the Patuxent he was 
told he would not be allowed to return for fear that 
he would tell them of the attack the British were 
preparing to make. He was kept a prisoner there- 
fore within sight of the fort as long as the battle 
lasted. All day he watched the fort where his coun- 
trymen were fighting under the Stars and Stripes, 
and when it grew dark he watched the flying 
bombs. 

As it grew light next morning he strained his eyes 
in the greatest anxiety to see if the flag were still 
flying at the top of the fort. The music is an old 
air composed by Dr. Samuel Arnold of Oxford. 

Song. \_By the school.} 

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perilous fight, 



24 WASHINGTON. 

O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly 
streaming ! 
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in 
air, 
Gave proof through the night that our flag w T as 
still there ; 
O ! say does that star-spangled banner still wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the 
brave ? 

On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the 
deep, 
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence re- 
poses, 
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering 
steep, 
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses? 
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first 
beam, 
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream ; 
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O ! long may it wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the 
brave ? 

Oh ! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand 

Between their loved homes and the war's desola- 
tion ; 
Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven-rescued 
land 
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us 
a nation ; 
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; 

And this be our motto, " In God is our trust." 
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave 
O'er the land of the free and the home of the 
brave. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 
Historic Exercise. 

(For the Grammar Grade.) 

By Elizabeth R. Morey. 

r HARAfTFRS j Clio, Years, Children, 

characters. - Kairies< Liberty, Battlefields. 

Clio. — God called the earth from chaos, 
1 And put it in its place, 

Then with one touch He sent it 

A-rolling on through space. 
The savants say 'twas ages 
Before this all was done, 
And I, the Muse of History, 
My earthly work begun. 

That matters not ; but since that time 
No rest has come to me, 

For all the nations of the earth 
Are making history. 

And so from morn fill evening 
I work with all my might ; 

In this great book of facts 

I must ever write, write, write. 

Hark ! There's somebody coming. 

dear ! I hear a-knocking ; 
And listen ! what a clatter I 

1 really think it's shocking. 

Come in. My poor head's aching, 
You're making such a noise. 

{Enter several boys and girls.) 

{Aside.) Bless me ! what are they after, 
So many girls and boys ? 

Children. — We've come — but please to tell us 
If you are History's Muse? 

{Clio boivs assent.) 

O, then I'm sure, fair Clio, 
You never will refuse 



26 WASHINGTON. 

To take that queer old book, {points to book) 
Full of tales of bygone ages, 

And, for a century or so, 
Turn back the dusty pages 

Till you find the name of him 
Whose wisdom saved the nation. 

Please do this, and help onward 
The cause of education. 

Clio. — Now, pray, whom are you after ? 
What is this hero's name ? 
Children, — Why, Clio, don't you know him ? — 
That man of world-wide fame ? 

Twas he who bravely battled 

Until liberty was won, 
Who saved us from the tyrant's power, 

Our honored Washington. 

Clio. — Tell you the tale of Washington ? 
Full well I know his name ; 
In lines of gold 'tis blazoned 
Upon the scroll of fame. 

But all too long the story 
Methinks for me to tell ; 
I'll call for you the years, 
I'm sure they know it well. 
{Calls,) What, ho ! without there, now ! 

Fair elves, at once appear, 
{Enter several elves.) 

Now call from out the past 
For me each silent year ; 

And bid them all come hither 

To tell the tale of one 
Whose name we'll ever honor, 

The valiant Washington. 

( She hands them a paper : they all read it, and then sing. 
A ir from i ' Pinafore. ' ' ) 
O dear me ! 

But this is hard ; 
Yes, we see 
It's a placard. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 2^ 

O yes ! it's a placard, 

We see it's a placard ; 
Now no more in merry fashion 

Can we dance upon the green. 
We are in a raging passion, 

And must hurry to the queen, 

{Repeat music for next four lines.) 

She will bid us all be ready, 

Scour the country far and wide ; 

None but fairies tried and steady 
Know where all the old years hide. 

So we'll go, 

Tho' it is hard, 
For we know 

It's a placard. {All go out.) 

{Enter Years.) 

O long we've been sleeping 

So peaceful and still ; 
Now the fairies have called us, 

What can be their will ? 

O, why were we summoned ? 

What is this mystery ? 
These the problems that vex us, 

O fair History ! 

You only can tell why, 

To all of our number, 
The fairies came wakening 

Us from our slumber. 

Clio. — I have called you to tell 

Of the work that was done 
By the nation's great leader, 
Our brave Washington. 

O years of his life, 

As brief as ye can, 
Tell to us now the tale 

Of this wonderful man. 

Years. — So this is why we were wakened from 
slumber — to tell the children of 1894 the story of 



28 WASHINGTON. 

Washington. Tis a wondrous tale and we are glad 
to tell it, and may those who hear profit by the 
example he set them. Come, 1732, 'tis your place 
to begin. 

1732. — Beneath the frowning wintry skies 

All white the old earth lay, 
When to a fair Virginian home 

A baby came one day. 
I am the year he came to you, 

My name is 1732. 
And now, as time by you is reckoned, 

The day was February 22d. 

(A// the years.) 

A manly boy, who dared not lie, 

Swiftly for him the years went by. 

Honest and faithful, true and just, 

He ne'er betrayed another's trust, 

And through the moons that waxed and waned 

The name he bore was e'er unstained. 

1748. — Now full of energy the bo_y 

For manhood scarce could wait, 
And a surveyor's work begun 
In seventeen forty-eight. 

Years. — He was appointed surveyor in March, 
1748, when only sixteen years of age, and followed 
this profession for three years, surveying and laying 
out large tracts of land in the Shenandoah Valley. 

1753. — While still a boy he heard his name 
In trumpet accents called by Fame, 
And then, without a thought of fear, 
Boldly I heard him answer, " Here" 

Would'st know the work she gave to him ? 
Then come through forests dark and dim, 
O'er ice-locked streams and frozen snows 
Follow where'er the hero goes. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 29 

Far in the country's hidden heart 
The French had come with cunning art 
And built, to hold his native land, 
Fort after fort on every hand, 

To them now in the nation's name, 
His country's messenger, he came. 

Years. — In 1753 Governor Dinwiddie sent him 
with a letter to the commander of the French in the 
Ohio Valley, bidding him withdraw his forces from 
the country. This the French refused to do, and 
not long after war was declared. 

1755. — Then England sent a stalwart band 

To drive the Frenchmen from the land ; 
Little they knew of savage craft, 
At hunters' tales they only laughed : 
And so they gayly marched away, 
All deathward on one fatal day. 

Only the song-bird's notes they heard, 

Only the winds the green leaves stirred, 

'Till, hark ! a fearful cry of woe, 

And every tree concealed a foe ; 

With hundreds dead, their leader gone, 

Who saved the rest ? — 'Tvvas Washington. 

Years. — Washington was appointed aide-de-camp 
to General Braddock, who was sent against the 
French and defeated them July 9, 1755. 

1756. — Faithful in the work he wrought. 
Honors came to him unsought, 
And e'en Cupid, fickle one, 
Bowed before our Washington. 

Years. — In January, 1759, when scarcely twenty- 
seven years of age, he became a member of the 
House of Burgesses, and on the sixth of the same 
month he married Mrs. Martha Custis. 

1774. — In 1774 he was also a member of the first 
Continental Congress. 



$o WASHINGTON. 

1775 — The flags of war, like summer-birds, 
Are flying in the breeze ; 
And what is this I now behold 
Beneath the fair green trees ? 

Only a band of sturdy men 

Determined to be free, 
And for their leader brave and true 

Our Washington I see. 

Years. — On June 15, 1775, Washington was elected 
commander-in-chief of the army, and on July 3 he 
took command beneath the old elm on Cambridge 
green. 

(A noise outside?) 

History. — A knock outside. Who now appears? 
What forms are these I see ? 
[Enter Liberty and Battlefields.) 
Liberty. — I am the nation's honored guest, 
The goddess Liberty. 
Through all that long, unequal strife, 

Of eight sad, weary years, 
Twas I upheld the nation's hands, 
And dried the nation's tears. 

The battlefields of Washington, 

Are with me here to-day ; 
They, too, would celebrate his birth, 
A milestone on our way. 
All sing. — Tune: " America." 

To thee who made us free, 

Fair goddess Liberty, 
Bend we the knee. 

Emblem of Washington, 
Telling the work he's done, 

All of his vict'ries won, 
Welcome to thee. 
[Battlefields together.) 

'Tis of old battlefields 
We have come here to tell, — 

A wonderful story, 
We all know it well. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 31 

First. — In their gay scarlet coats, 
The first of the war, 
In tire streets of old Boston 
The English I saw. 

'Till on Dorchester Heights, 

On a breezy March day, 
Our Washington came ; 

Then they sailed down the bay. 

All. — The British evacuated Boston, March 17, 
1776. 

Second. — I come from Long Island, 
Where we met defeat, 

Third. — And I'm from White Plains, 
Whence we had to retreat. 

AIL — The battle of Long Island was fought Aug- 
ust 27, 1776, and that of White Plains, October 28. 

Fourth. — 

Twas Christmas, and flakes of white snow filled the 

air, 
And ice-cakes went floating down the fair Delaware. 
In the darkness of night our brave Washington 
Crossed the river, and Trenton's great victory won. 

AIL — The battle of Trenton was fought Decem- 
ber 26, 1776. 

Fifth. — Behold, now from Princeton 
I come unto thee, 
Where again our brave leader 
Won a great victory. 

AIL — The battle of Princeton was fought January 

3, + 777- 

Sixth. — I am the next to stand in line, 

The battle lost at Brandywine. 
Seventh. — At Germantown defeat you'll see 
That was almost a victory. 

All. — The Americans were defeated at the battle 
of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, and at German- 
town, October 4. 



32 WASHINGTON. 

Eighth. — Behold in me that dreary time 

When 'mid the wintry sleet and rime 
At Valley Forge our army lay, 
Waiting for Freedom's brighter day. 

All. — The army went into winter quarters at 
Valley Forge, December u, 1777. 

Ninth. — I come from York town, and in me 
Behold our greatest victory. 

AIL — The British under Cornwallis surrendered to 
Washington, October 19, 1781. 

Long, dreary years of war were o'er, 
The sun of peace shone out once more, 
And now, a soldier's work all done, 
Home w T ent our honored Washington. 

AIL — November 2, 1783, Washington bade fare- 
well to the army and returned to Mount Vernon. 

Years. — But not for long he lingered there, 
His work was not yet done. 
A leader soon was needed, 

And they called for Washington. 

All. — Washington was elected President, March 
4, 1789, and re-elected March 4, 1793. 

Years. — Behold him now, so brave and wise, 
The nation's President. 
For eight long years he kept the place, 
Then left it, — well content 

To spend 'mid childhood's happy scenes 

The remnant of his life ; 
Through years of doubt, of pain and toil, 

He'd seen enough of strife. 

Yet, w r hen again the tide of war 
The nation would o'erwhelm, 

Again we called for Washington 
To come and take the helm. 

All. — In 1798, when war between this country and 
France seemed imminent, Washington was appointed 
Commander-in-Chief of the army. 



OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 33 

Years. — To-day the nation mourns her own, 

And, on December's bleak winds blown, 

O'er all the land have tidings sped — 

Weep ! for our Washington is dead, 

O muffled drums, now sadly roll ! 

O bells in every steeple, toll ! 

To him the summons hath been sent, 

Dead lies he, — our first President. 

AIL — Washington died at Mount Vernon, Decem- 
ber, 1799. 

History. — Why mourn his loss ? Death comes to all, 
And he was ready for his call, 
The bravest man I ever saw. 
Years. — Oh, he was ever " First in war." 
Histo?y. — Yet he rejoiced to see wars cease. 

Years. — Yes, he was ever " First in peace." 
History. — The first in war and peace, and then — 
Years. — " First in the hearts of his countrymen." 

HONORING THE FLAG. 

By Herbert S. Kellogg. 

[The children in our public and private schools should be taught to rever- 
ence and admire the flag of their country. It is the symbol of a national ex- 
istence, a binding of family to family, town to town, and state to state. A 
respect for the national flag means a regard for personal liberty, an apprecia- 
tion of the rights of others, a mutual foundation for national independence. 
This can be taught and made to grow in ihe child's mind. Scenic effects help 
to strengthen and make the impression more lasting. Each school and each 
class should have its flag. The school flag should be floated to the breeze on 
a flagpole on memorable battle-anniversaries. At other times it should be 
kept in a glass case where it can be seen. Music is a necessary adjunct. A 
piano may not be within reach of all, but a drum and fife can be sub- 
stituted. 

For a successful production of the following exercise the school should 
secure as many flags of all sizes as possible. Bunting and streamers may be 
used for decoration of walls or of stage. Small flags can be bought by the 
hundred very cheaply, and every pupil should have one pinned on his or her 
breast. During the songs the drum should be rolled, at least in the choruses. 

The boy who declaims " The American Flag "should carry a large flag 
and staff to platform, and noli same in his left hand. 

Three boys should be selected to give the "History of the Flag, 11 each 
bearing a flag on a staff. 

During the marching songs the flags should be waved, and before the 
school is dismissed all the flags should be collected on the platform for a dis- 
play ] 

I. At a given signal the drum should be rolled 
or a march played upon the piano. The school will 
stand and march. If there is room they can march 
around the room carrying their flags. 



34 WASHINGTON. 

2. Song — u Nobly our Flag" 

(During the song all flags will be held aloft.) 

3. Declamation — " The American Flag " (Drake). 

(In this the speaker carries a flag.) 
Flag of the brave ! thy folds shall fly, 
The sign of hope and triumph, high, 
When speaks the signal trumpet tone, 
And the long line comes gleaming on ; 
Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wet, 
Has dimmed the glist'ning bayonet, 
Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn 
To where thy sky-born glories burn, 
And, as his springing steps advance, 
Catch war and vengeance from the glance ; 
And when the cannon-mouthings loud 
Heave in wild wreaths the battle-shroud, 
And gory sabres rise and fall, 
Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall,— 
Then shall thy meteor-glances glow, 

And cowering foes shall shrink beneath 
Each gallant arm that strikes below 

That lovely messenger of death. 

Flag of the seas ! on ocean wave 
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave ; 
When death, careering on the gale, 
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, 
And frighted waves rush madly back 
Before the broadside's reeling rack, 
Each dying wanderer of the sea 
Shall look at once to Heaven and thee, 
And smile to see thy splendors fly 
In triumph o'er his closing eye. 

Flag of the free heart's hope and home, 

By angel hands to valor given, 
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, 

And all thy hues were born in heaven. 
Forever float that standard-sheet! 

Where breathes the foe but falls before us, 
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, 

And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us? 



HONORING THE FLAG. 35 

4. Address : 

history of our flag. 

From time immemorial nations have used flags 
and banners as symbols of independence, power, and 
union. But that glorious banner which you see 
there is the flag of which I shall speak to you to-day. 
How fittingly it describes the land of the Western 
hemisphere ! The red bars represent the bands of 
light sent forth by the sun while it sinks below the 
horizon in the west, and above it the stars shine 
forth in the blue of heaven. 

When our forefathers came over here they carried 
the flags and banners of the countries from which 
they came. There were the crosses of England, the 
tri-color of France, and the eagles of Spain. We 
had no use for a national flag other than the Eng- 
lish till the battle of Bunker Hill. At that time 
a flag was set up having the English crosses in the 
field, and also thirteen bars representing the thirteen 
colonies. I do not know whether the Americans 
would have done better that day had their flag been 
totally different, but I do know that Congress soon 
adopted the flag as you see it now, except that then 
it had thirteen stars instead of thirty-eight. 

Who does not remember the devotion of one man 
who watched all night the flag on a Southern fort 
which the British had been bombarding? At night- 
fall it was not known whether the fort had been 
taken or not, but Francis S. Key waited till dawn, 
and there, in the first streaks of light, saw the flag 
floating as proudly as ever. This incident suggested 
to him the words of the song, " Star-Spangled 
Banner," which have become so famous. 

5. Marching Song — " Star- Spangled Banner. 

6. Address to the Flag. 

(In this the speaker carries a flag on a staff six or eight feet in 

height.) 

We welcome you, friends, to-day, in the name of 
our flag. We mark with feelings of pride and 



36 WASHINGTON. 

pleasure the progress it has led our nation during 
our hundred odd years of freedom. Who among 
us, looking at the vast number of people yearly, 
daily, coming to our shores, can deny that it is the 
banner of freedom, liberty, justice, and equality? 

But our flag is the flag of all flags. It is the 
emblem of an honest, earnest cause, and in the en- 
deavor to promote or defend that cause men have 
cheerfully given their blood — their lives. Captain 
James Lawrence sailed out of Boston with a poorly- 
equipped ship to fight a British frigate. He lost the 
battle, but his last words, " Don't give up the ship," 
proved his devotion to his flag. At Fort Moultrie, 
in the South, our flag had been shot away, when 
young Sergeant Jasper ran down an embankment 
amid a perfect storm of bullets, seized the flag, and 
mounted it on a ramrod in its place upon the ram- 
part. 

In battle, the bearer of the flag is always in a dan- 
gerous position, yet who can account for the devo- 
tion displayed by our brave soldiers and sailors ? 
Who can tell why the sailor nails his colors to the 
mast ? Why do the soldier-boys volunteer so readily 
to recapture a lost flag? Is it not because they feel 
their cause to be right, and that right means might, 
and what can prevail against right and might? 

But I have only given you instances, and they 
are enough to show the general attitude towards 
our flag; and who can suppress a thrill of pleasure, 
who does not have some feelings of pride, as he sees 
our banner so proudly floating in the air ? It yields 
its floating folds to the buoyant breeze. It nods 
its head, dances, flies — seems almost human as it 
hangs at its staff and then suddenly springs into life 
as a whistling wind smooths out its creases. 

Flag of beauty, flag of might, 
Floating on the breezes light, 
Crimson bars and bars of white, 
Studded with the stars of night — ■ 



WASHINGTON IS OUR MODEL, 37 

Float on ever, night and day, 
O'er our land so free, for aye ! 

7. Marching Song, with drum and fife, and 
chorus, " Rally round the Flag, Boys." 

WASHINGTON IS OUR MODEL. 

By Henry G. Williams. 

[The following double acrostic may be rendered by five boys and five girls, 
arranged alternately, or by ten boys or ten girls— best when rendered by five 
boys and five girls. Each one should be provided with a small sash of red, 
white, and blue, or have a small flag pinned to the right shoulder. Formed 
in an arch upon the wall behind the stage should be the words, GEORGE 
WASHINGTON, made by cutting the letters neatly out of pasteboard or 
cardboard, and tastefully wrapping each with narrow strips of red, white, and 
blue tissue-paper. The letters may be tacked or pasted on the wall. Under 
the arch have date of birth and death. Each of the ten pupils must be pro- 
vided with two large letters, made from bright cardboard, and made so as to 
be easily attached by the pupils to the front of their clothes at the proper time. 
A letter may be held in each hand. Before the pupil recites the first part 
assigned him. he carefully fastens the letter to his vest-front by the bent pin in 
it, and so on through the class, until the word Washington is spelled. The 
first pupil then, in a similar manner, recites the second part assigned him, and 
so on till the motto. '* Washington is our Model,' 1 is spelled out in plain view 
to the audience, the second line of letters being attached to the clothes a few 
inches below the first.] 

\A/ is for Washington, " the first, the noblest, the 

best, the Cincinnatus of the West." 
A for Abraham Lincoln, who served his country 

well, but was killed by a vile assassin. 
C is for Saratoga, one of those memorable battles 

which gave us our independence. 
1-J stands for the Hessians whom he English hired 

to fight the Americans. 
i is for Independence, gained by Washington and 

his brave fellow-soldiers. 
M is for New York, the city in which Washington 
was inaugurated the first President of the 
United States. 
(^ is for General Gates, who defeated the British 
General Burgoyne at Saratoga, and brought 
joy to the American people. 
J stands for Tories, the people who were opposed 

to independence. 
r\ stands for "Our Country," "the home of the 

brave and the land of the free." 
Nl stands for National Flag, the glorious star- 
spangled banner, which every soldier will 
fight for, and which every one loves to see. 



3$ WASHINGTON. 

ALL. 

Three cheers for the flag, the glorious flag, the flag 
of Washington. {Two small pupils, stationed one at 
each end of the class and a little in front, now wave 
flags which they have kept behind them until now.) 

is for Isaac Van Wart, one of those three daring 
patriots who captured Major Andre and 
stopped Arnold's plans. 
C stands for Soldier, than whom none was braver 
than Washington, and to whom none was more 
kind. 
r\ is for the Old Independence Bell, which rang out 
the joyful tidings of "liberty throughout all 
the land and to all the inhabitants thereof." 
stands for Union, firm and strong, made strong 
by the cementing blood of patriots. 
O stands for Republic, established by Washington, 
and the best form of government for a free 
and progressive people. 
JV/l is for Monmouth, the battle in which Washing- 
ton bitterly rebuked a cowardly officer, and 
personally led the soldiers into battle, thus 
saving his army from disgrace and defeat. 
C\ stands for " Old Ironsides," which, under three 
different commanders, won brilliant victories 
against the British in the " Second War for 
American Independence." 
Y\ stands for the Declaration of Independence, 

which at last brought freedom to America. 
U stands for the English, whom Washington routed 
on many battle-fields, 
stands for the Liberty the Revolutionary war gave 
^ us. 



ALL. 

"Washington is our model," 

Is the motto we've made for you; 

In the battle of life like him we'll be— 
Brave and generous, kind and true. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 

" Washington is our model, " 

Is a good motto for us all ; 
Like him we will love this country of ours, 

And be ready to answer her call. 

" Washington is our model," 
Straight and strong and brave, 

With eye of light, and frame of might. 
And arm of power to save. 

" Washington is our model," 

Upright, firm, and grand, 
With kindly face and heart of grace, 

And firm and fearless hand. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 

[This may be used as a reading exercise by copying the questions and 
answers and distributing them among the pupils. As the teacher calls the 
numbers in turn, the pupils rise in their places and respond, one with the 
question and another with the reply ] 

1. Tell something of Washington's ancestors. 

He was descended from an ancient family in 
Cheshire, of which a branch had been established in 
Virginia. His English ancestors were allied to 
those of the highest rank. His mother belonged to 
the most ancient Saxon family of Fairfax, of Towces- 
ter, in Northumberland. 

2. Where was Washington born ? 

Near the banks of the beautiful Potomac, in West 
moreland County, Va. It was a very small place 
called Bridge's Creek. 

3. What kind of games did Washington like to 
play when he was young ? 

He liked to pitch quoits, toss bars, and try his 
strength in leaping and wrestling. At school he 
divided his playmates into two armies, called the 
French and Americans. With corn-stalks for mus- 
kets and calabashes for drums, the two armies would 
every day fight a battle with great fury. He always 
commanded the Americans. 



40 WASHINGTON. 

4. How old was he when his father died ? 
Ten years old. 

5. "How did he always treat his mother? 

With the greatest respect and attention ; and as 
you follow him through life you will find him 

" Speaking what is just and true, 
Doing what is right to do 
Unto one and all." 

" Hail, patriot chief, all hail ! Historic Fame 
In purest gold hath traced thy glorious name ! 
Earth has Niagara, the sky its sun, 
And proud mankind its only Washington." 

6. Why do you call him " Historic Fame"? I 
thought he was "the father of his country." 

Because he never spared himself in any w T ay and 
was always first in battle. The bullets often razed 
his hair and riddled his cloak, but he would tell his 
soldiers, " Stand fast and receive the enemy." 

7. Tell us some of Washington's maxims. 
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark 

of celestial fire called conscience. 

Speak not evil of the absent : it is unjust. 

Commerce and industry are the best mines of a 
nation. 

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem 
your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than 
in bad company. 

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses 
of every one. 

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few ; and 
let those few be well tried before you give them 
your confidence. 

8. When did the Revolutionary war begin ? 
April 19, 1775. 

9. What cry was repeated everywhere ? 

" War has begun ! To arms ! to arms ! liberty or 
death ! " 






QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 41 

" Out of the North the wild news came, 
Far flashing on its wings of flame: 
Come out with me in Freedom's name, 
For her to live, for her to die." 

10. What w T as needed at once? 
A commander-in-chief. 

11. Who was appointed to fill this position? 
George Washington. 

" He lives ! ever lives in the hearts of the free ; 

The wing of his fame spreads across the broad sea ; 
1 He lives where the banner of freedom's unfurled, 

The pride of his country, the wealth of the world." 

12. Tell us something about his taking command 
of the army. 

He set out from Philadelphia on the twenty-first 
of June, 1775, to take command of the army at 
Cambridge, and was accompanied to New York by 
Generals Lee and Schuyler, with one troop of light- 
horse. He was received with all possible public 
honors, but there w 7 as no burning of powder, for 
New York had then but four barrels, as all the rest 
had been forwarded to Cambridge. He left General 
Schuyler in command at New York, and w r ent on to 
Cambridge. On the morning of July 3 the troops 
were drawn up on the common at Cambridge. 
Washington wheeled about his fiery black charger, 
drew his sword, and, flashing it in the air, took com- 
mand of the armies of the United Colonies. 

13. How did he influence the soldiers ? 

He inspired them with reverence and enthusiasm. 
His height w r as six feet three, and he seemed born 
to command. 

14. When did the British finally leave Boston ? 
March 17, 1776, in seventy-eight ships and trans- 
ports. 

15. After the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, what 
did Washington do ? 



42 WASHINGTON. 

He went to see his mother at Fredericksburg, for 
he had not seen her in six years. 

1 6. Who went with him ? 

Lafayette, and they found her at work in her 
garden. Lafayette began to tell her of the world- 
wide love bestowed upon her son, but she interrupted 
him by saying, " I am not surprised at what George 
has done, for he was always a good boy." 

17. Who was Lord Fairfax? 

A stanch loyalist, arid when he heard that Wash- 
ington had captured Cornwallis and all his army he 
called out to his black waiter, " Come, Joe, carry me 
to my bed, for Fm sure it's high time for me to die." 
He was now over ninety years of age. 

" Then up rose Joe, all at the word, 
And took his master's arm ; 
And to his bed he softly led 
The lord of Green way farm. 

" Then thrice he called on Britain's name, 
And thrice he wept full sore ; 
Then sighed, ' O Lord, Thy will be done ! ' 
And word spake nevermore." 

18. Tell us something about Washington after he 
resigned command of the army. 

He went to Mount Vernon to live, and, as he had 
spent so much of his own money during the war, he 
was obliged to practise very close economy ; but he 
would accept nothing from Congress, for he had 
served his country from love alone. 

19. What was his especial delight? 

He took especial delight in beautifying the 
grounds about his house. Dinner at Mount Vernon 
was at half-past two, and if there was no company 
he would write until dark. He loved his wife's chil- 
dren as well as if they were his own, and always 
found time for his family; but the quiet of his home 
was soon to be disturbed. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 43 

20. In what way ? 

The unanimous choice of the nation was that he 
should fill the Presidential chair, and he was forced 
to accept. 

21. When and where did the inauguration take 
place ? 

April 30, 1789, in New York City. 

22. What did the people do in 1789 when he took 
the oath of office ? 

All the bells in the city were rung, the people 
cheered, and there was a thundering of artillery. 
Then they went to St. Paul's Church on foot, where 
services were held. Brilliant illuminations and fire- 
works concluded the day. 

23. Why did Washington accept a second term of 
office if he was so anxious for a quiet home life ? 

The people would have no one else, and he was 
obliged to accept to keep peace in the country he 
loved so well ; but it was with a heartfelt sense of 
relief that he left the seat of government in 1797 
and entered once more upon the quiet home life at 
Mount Vernon. 

24. How did he spend the remaining years of his 
life ? 

In repairing houses that were fast going to ruin, 
making and selling a little flour each year, and amus- 
ing himself in agricultural and rural pursuits. He 
died in December, 1799, aR d his last words were, 
11 Tis well, 'tis well." 



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WASHINGTON. 



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THE BUILDERS. 

By Lizzie M. Hadley. 

[Ten primary children can give this exercise on Washington's Birthday. 
Each one must have a block with the letter denoted in his verse. These 
blocks may be made of pasteboard boxes twelve inches square, with a large 
letter painted in black ink on one side. The children stand in a semicircle, 
and each in turn advances to the centre of the stage and puts his block in 
place. At the last line of the last verse all wave their right hands as they say 
the name of Washington.] 

Together. — 
Oh, a long and weary way 
We who greet you've come to-day; 
And from out the smiles and tears 
That make up the silent years 

We have culled one honored name. 
'Tis to keep alive his fame, 
From the past we have been sent 
Here to build a monument. 

Would you know our names ? Behold, 
They are writ in lines of gold, 
And we'll place them one by one 
On this structure, that, w T hen done, 
On it you may plainly see 
Who first gave us liberty. 

ist Child. — 

He who buildeth to endure 
Makes the whole foundation sure ; 
So this block I'll put in place. 
With an N upon its face. 

2d Child. — 

Here you see my offering, 
This the second stone I bring ; 
Now I'll place it here, and, lo ! 
On it see the letter O. 



- 


A 


S 


H 


I 


-J 


N 


G 


\ 


T 


O 


N 



$d Child. - 



Block by block this shaft we'll rear, 
Till the whole name doth appear. 
This the third stone, as you see, 
Bears upon its side a T. 



THE BUILDERS. 45 

4th Child. — 

As one to some olden shrine, 
I come with this block of mine. 
Look upon its face with me, 
There you'll find the letter G. 

$th Child.— 

I am next, and take my stand 
Fifth one of this little band ; 
Here my block I'll place, and then 
All can see the letter N. 

6th Child— 

Higher yet with every one — 
Ere this column shall be done, 
Like a bird 'twill reach the sky. 
My block bears the letter I. 

Tth Child.— 

Bring to me the next stone now, 
Place it here, and you'll avow 
That no fairer shall appear ; 
Letter H is graven here. 

Wi Child — 

Upward still, without a fear, 
Climbs this structure that we rear. 
May its walls for aye abide ! 
S is written on this side. 

gth Child. — 

Straightway I'll fail into line ; 
Ne'er a fairer stone than mine 
'Mong them all is seen to-day ; 
See ! it bears the letter A. 

10th Child. — 

So we'll make our column strong ; 
Here the capstone doth belong ; 
This I'll put in place, then view 
On its face a W. 



45 WASHINGTON. 

AIL— 

Just ten massive blocks are we, 

Chiselled for eternity ; 

Quarried from the mines of truth, 

Wearing aye a deathless youth ; 

Building here so strong and sure 

Structure that shall e'er endure ; 

Block by block and one by one, 

We spell the name of WASHINGTON. 

PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF WASH- 
INGTON. 

A Series of Tableaux, etc., for February 22. 

By the Author of ° Preston Papers." 

Only general suggestions are made, much being 
left to the individuality and invention of each teacher 
using these "illustrations." The style of dress can 
be more or less elaborated, according to circum- 
stances. 

Stage settings, bunting, Revolutionary relics, and 
old-time furniture needed to assist in bringing out 
the details of some of the " pictures " can usually be 
borrowed by making a schoolroom request for a 
loan of certain articles, asking any of the pupils who 
can look up any one of them to report within a given 
time, that the collection may be made in season for 
one complete rehearsal. 

First of all, decide upon how many and which 
"pictures" can be presented upon the platform 
with the material and " characters " that are acces- 
sible. 

Second, assign the "parts," choosing the reader 
or speaker (who stands before the curtain while the 
"changes" are being made on the platform behind 
it) for each selection or speech from among those 
best qualified for that part. Any one can pose in a 
tableau under good management, but the readers . 
and orators of the occasion should be those who are 



PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 47 

equal to it. These may appear in old-time costume 
if desired. 

Third. — A good " stage-manager " is absolutely 
indispensable, who, with assistants, will attend in 
full to the details, leaving the teacher entirely free 
to see to things in general. One of the older pupils 
is generally willing to undertake this, and it is better 
not to go outside for help if possible to avoid it. 
Make it a "school entertainment," with parents, 
patrons, and trustees for guests and audience, for 
obvious reasons. The " stage-manager " must knozv 
the program thoroughly ; what is to be produced, 
and how and when ; who is to take a part, which and 
where ; what article is needed for each " change " on 
the platform, and its exact location — also, precisely 
how it is to be arranged quickly and quietly, that the 
speaker outside the curtain may not be embarrassed, 
nor the attention of the audience diverted. 

Fourth, a complete rehearsal is necessary, and is 
better if only given the day before the entertain- 
ment ; although "part" rehearsals must have been 
so thorough as to render this almost superfluous — 
for instance, at this time there must be no new drill 
or posing, no mechanical effects added that are at 
all likely to disturb the relative places of the " fig- 
ures." The attendants must be familiar with the 
time and signals for changes and for rise and fall of 
the curtain. 

The accessories of dress are easily arranged, those 
for the boys being three-cornered hats, wigs (white, 
powdered, tied, etc.), canes, snuff-boxes, knee-pants, 
long stockings, low shoes with big buckles, " frilled" 
shirt-fronts, etc. " Swallow-tails " of the most ap- 
proved cut can be improvised from ordinary frock 
or Prince Albert coats ; and others may be turned 
back and faced over the breast with buff. Showy 
waistcoats may be made from ordinary cretonne, 
and the shoe-buckles can be cut from pasteboard 
and covered with silver or gilt paper. 

The dresses for the girls should be plain, rather 



43 WASHINGTON. 

full skirts, with some court-train overdresses ; low- 
necked, round bodices ; sleeves short, plain, finished 
with deep lace ruffles ; high-heeled slippers with big 
bows or buckles ; antique fans, snuff-boxes,work-bags, 
necklaces, caps, earrings (which may be fastened by 
a stout thread around the ear), etc. ; hair a la Pom- 
padour and powdered. 

Teachers can perhaps supply their own data for 
the " literary execution " of the program, though 
possibly some hints given below may be helpful ; 
also dates of some of the most important events in 
Washington's life. 

The following scenes are suggested for tableaux : 

i. The familiar " Hatchet " story. 

2. Washington training his playfellows when at 
school. 

3. Entreated by his mother not to enter the 
navy. 

4. His first visit to Mrs. Custis. 

5. The Stamp Act. 

6. Our Magna Charta. (July 4, 1776.) 

7. Farewell address to his officers. 

8. Triumphal March — scene at Trenton. 

9. Receiving the oath of office. 

10. Washington and family at home. 



To be Read or Recited before the Curtain. 

Pale is the February sky, 

And brief the midday's sunny hours; 
The wind-swept forest seems to sigh 

For the sweet time of leaves and flowers. 

Yet has no month a prouder day, 
Not even when the Summer broods 

O'er meadows in their fresh array, 
Or Autumn tints the glowing woods. 

For this chill season now again 

Brings, in its annual round, the morn 



PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 49 

When, greatest of the sons of men, 
Our glorious Washington was born ! 

Amid the wreck of thrones shall live 

Unmarred, undimmed, our hero's fame ; 

And years succeeding years shall give 
Increase of honors to his name. 

Bryant, 

" The Little Hatchet Story," Elocutionists Annual, 
No. 6, p. 163, may be read, in addition to the above 
selection, if time admits, and is specially desirable 
where a humorous turn is desired to be given. 

{Scenes First and Second may follow?) 
The Character of Washington. 

" George Washington may justly be pronounced 
one of the greatest men whom the world has pro- 
duced. Greater soldiers, more intellectual statesmen, 
and profounder sages have doubtless existed in the 
history of the English race — perhaps in our own 
country — but not one who to great excellence in 
each of these fields has added such exalted integrity, 
such unaffected piety, such unsullied purity of soul, 
and such wondrous control of his own spirit. . . . 
That one grand, rounded life, full-orbed with intel- 
lectual and moral glory, is worth, as the product of 
Christianity, more than all the dogmas of all the 
teachers. . . . He was a blessing to the whole 
human race, no less than to his own countrymen — 
to the many millions who celebrate the day of his 
birth." ZEBULON B. VANCE. 

(Scene Third?) 
First Visit to Mrs. Custis. 

Tableau : Scene — Sitting-room ; window in the 
background; table in centre; children— one boy 
and a little girl — on floor in front of the mother, 



50 WASHINGTON. 

who is in the act of rising to greet the young officer 
standing near table, hat in left hand, sword at his 
side. 

{Scene Fourth?) 

The speech by James Otis against the " Stamp 
Act " fully illustrates the feeling prevalent against 
it : " England may as well dam up the waters of the 
Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of freedom, 
proud and firm in this youthful land. Arbitrary 
principles, like those against which we now contend, 
have cost one king of England his life — another his 
crown — and they may yet cost a third his most 
flourishing colonies. 

" We are two millions, one fifth fighting men. 
We call no man Master ! 

" Some have sneeringly asked, ' Are the Ameri- 
cans too poor to pay a few pounds on stamped paper ? ' 
No ! America, thanks to God and herself, is rich. 
But the right to take ten pounds implies the right 
to take a thousand. . . . 

" Others, in sentimental style, talk of the immense 
debt of gratitude which we owe to England. And 
what, is the amount of this debt ? . . . We plunged 
into the wave, with the great charter of freedom in 
our teeth, because the fagot and the torch were be- 
hind us. We owe nothing to the kind succor of the 
mother country — tyranny drove us from her to the 
pelting storms which invigorated our helpless in- 
fancy." 

The Act was passed by the British Parliament, 
March 22, 1765, but was the occasion of so much 
excitement, overt resistance, and such violent pro- 
tests, that it was repealed the following year, and a 
little later a " Bill of Indemnity " w r as passed for the 
benefit of those who had incurred its penalties. 

{Scene Fifth?) 

As indicative of the spirit of the times in which 
Washington lived, the following extract from Web- 



PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 51 

ster's " Supposed Speech of John Adams on the 
Declaration of Independence " may be an illustra- 
tion : 

" Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I 
give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, 
indeed, that in the beginning we aimed not at In- 
dependence. But there's a Divinity that shapes our 
ends. The injustice of England has driven us to 
arms ; and, blinded to her own interest, for our 
good, she has obstinately persisted, till Indepen- 
dence is now within our grasp. We have but to 
reach forth to it and it is ours. Why, then, should 
we defer the Declaration ? ... If we postpone In- 
dependence, do we mean to carry on or give up the 
war ? Do we mean to submit, and consent that we 
ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our coun- 
try and its rights trodden down in the dust ? I know 
we do not mean to submit. We never shall sub- 
mit. . . . The war must go on. We must fight it 
through. And if the war must go on, why put off 
longer the Declaration of Independence ? That 
measure will strengthen us. It will give us char- 
acter abroad. . . . Sir, the Declaration will inspire 
the people with increased courage. Read this Dec- 
laration at the head of the army : every sword 
will be drawn from its scabbard, and the solemn 
vow uttered to maintain it or to perish on the bed 
of honor. Publish it from the pulpit : religion will 
approve it and the love of religious liberty will cling 
round it, resolved to stand or fall with it. Send it 
to the public halls ; proclaim it there ; let them 
hear it who first heard the roar of America's can- 
non ; let them see it who saw their brothers and 
their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill and in the 
streets of Lexington and Concord : and the very 
walls will cry out in its support. 

" Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My 
judgment approves this measure and my whole heart 
is in it. All that I have and all that I am, and all 
that I hope in this life, I am now here ready to 



52 WASHINGTON. 

stake upon it ; and I leave off as I began — that, live 
or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. 
It is my living sentiment, and, by the blessing of 
God, it shall be my dying sentiment — Independence 
now ; and INDEPENDENCE FOREVER." 

{Scene Sixth.) 
" Independence Bell," Elocutionists' Annual, No. 
I, p. 57, may also be given, or the following quota- 
tion from Thomas Buchanan Read : 

" Then from his patriot tongue of flame 
The startling words for Freedom came. 
The stirring sentences he spake 
Compelled the heart to glow or quake. 
And rising on the theme's broad wing, 

And grasping in his nervous hand 

The imaginary battle-brand, 
In face of death he dared to fling 
Defiance to a tyrant king." 

Farewell Address to His Officers. 

This took place March 15, 1783. In the midst of 
his reading — for he addressed his officers by aid of 
a manuscript — Washington made a short pause, took 
out his spectacles, and begged the indulgence of the 
audience while he adjusted them, at the same time 
observing : 

" Gentlemen, I have grown gray in your service, 
and now find that I am growing blind." 

An eye-witness speaks of the act as being " so 
natural, so unaffected, as to render it superior to the 
most studied oratory! It found its way to every 
heart, and you could see sensibility moisten every 
eye ! " 

{Scene Seventh.) 

Scene at Trenton. 

After his election, Washington's progress towards 
New York City w T as one continued ovation. At 
Trenton, a procession of young girls, clad in white, 



PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 53 

met him, presenting him with bouquets and baskets 
of flowers, also strewing them in his path. Of this 
event Eliza Cook beautifully sings (contrasting our 
" conquering hero " with those of other lands) : 

" No car of triumph bore him through a city filled 

with grief ; 
No groaning captives at the wheels proclaimed him 

victor-chief. 
He broke the gyves of slavery with a strong and high 

disdain, 
But cast no scepter from the links when he had rent 

the chain. 
He saved his land, but did not lay his soldier trap- 
pings down 
To change them for a regal vest and don a kingly 

crown. 
Fame was too earnest in her joy, tco proud of such 

a son, 
To let a robe and title mask her Washington." 

{Scene Eighth.) 

Extract from poem by Whittier, read at New 
York's Centennial in 1889, at the dedication of the 
Washington Arch. 

Washington's Vow. 

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How felt the land in every part 
The strong throb of a nation's heart, 
As its great leader gave, with reverent awe, 
His pledge to Union, Liberty, and Law ! 

That pledge the heavens above him heard, 
That vow the sleep of centuries stirred. 
In world-wide wonder listening peoples bent 
Their gaze on Freedom's great experiment. 

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Thank God ! the people's choice was just ! 
The one man equal to his trust. 



54 WASHINGTON. 

Wise beyond lore, and without weakness good, 
Calm in the strength of flawless rectitude. 

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Our First and Best — his ashes lie 

Beneath his own Virginian sky. 
Forgive, forget, oh ! true and just and brave. 
The storm that swept above thy sacred grave 

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Then let the sovereign millions where 

Our banner floats in sun and air, 
From the warm palm-lands to Alaska's cold, 
Repeat with us the pledge, a century old ! 

{Scenes Ninth and Tenth^) 

CELEBRATING WASHINGTON'S BIRTH- 
DAY. 

Arranged by V. S. Walsh. 

[Erect two pillars on the stage or platform a few feet apart, and span them 
with an arch. Decorate both the pillars and the arch with evergreens. Pro- 
vide nails or hooks on the arch on which the letters of the word Washington 
may be hung. In the centre of tne arch place a large picture of Washington 
and below it hang a shield, which may be made of pasteboard with colored 
paper pasted on to represent the stripes, field, and stars. The pupils march in 
and separate, five standing by one pillar and five by the other, with the leader 
in the centre.] 

Leader, — We wish to-day to do a small part in 
honoring the memory of the Father of our Country. 
Our countrymen have so honored his name that 
cities, towns, counties, societies, and streets bear it, 
and one of the youngest of the sisterhood of States 
is named after that great and good man. Tell me 
what some of the orators and others have said about 
him. 

First pupil recites and then hangs the letter W on the 
first hook to the left. 

" YV ASHINGT0N in the flesh is taken trom us > 

but his memory remains, and let us cling 
to that memory. Let us make a national festival 
and holiday of his birthday, and ever as it returns 
let us remember that while we celebrate the great 



CELEBRATING WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. 55 

anniversary our. fellow-citizens on the Hudson, on 
the Potomac, from the Southern plains to the North- 
ern lakes, are engaged in the same offices of grati- 
tude and love." 

Second pupil recites and hangs his letter up. 

A LL should strive to emulate his noble qualities. 
His first utterances upon assuming command 
of the American army before Boston, on the 2d of 
July, 1775, were a rebuke of religious bigotry and an 
impressive protest against gaming, swearing, and all 
immoral practices which might forfeit divine aid in 
the great struggle for national independence. 

Third pupil ditto. 

QUCCEEDING orders, preparatory to the battle 
of Long Island in August, 1776, breathe the 
same spirit — that which transfused all his spirit as 
with celestial fire. 

Fourth pupil ditto. 

*' J-JIS courage, whether in battle or in council, 
was as perfect as might be expected from 
his pure and steady temper of soul." 

Fifth pupil ditto. 

64 IF there be one quality more than another in his 
character which may exercise a useful control 
over the men of the present hour, it is the total dis- 
regard of self when in the most elevated positions 
for influence and example." 

Sixth pupil ditto. 

44 MO matter what may have been the immediate 
birthplace of such a man as Washington ! 
No clime can claim, no country can appropriate 
him ; the boon of Providence to the human race, 
his fame is eternity, his residence creation." 



56 WASHINGTON. 



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Seventh pupil ditto. 
1REAT men of his and other times have been 
appreciated — many admired by all. But 
him we love. Him we all love. When the storm of 
battle lowers darkest and rages highest, the memory 
of Washington shall move every American arm and 
cheer every American heart." 



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Eighth pupil ditto. 
'HINK not to transfer to a tablet or a column 
the tribute which is due from yourselves. 
Just honor to Washington can only be rendered by 
observing his precepts and imitating his example. 
He has built his own monument. We, and those 
who come after us, are its appointed, its privileged 
guardians." 

Ninth pupil ditto. 

66 OH, what associations are linked in adamant 

with that name ! Washington, whose sword 

was never drawn but in the cause of his country, and 

never sheathed when wielded in his country's cause ! " 

Tenth pupil ditto. 
u 1MO car of triumph bore him through a city filled 

with grief ; 
No groaning captives at the wheels proclaimed him 

victor-chief. 
He broke the gyves of slavery with strong and high 

disdain, 
But cast no sceptre from the links when he had rent 

the chain." 
Singing — " Hail, Columbia, Happy Land ! " 

Leader. — What can you say about the origin of 
the American flag ? 

[What follows may be spoken by the same pupils as above ; or, if the 
teacher wishes to give more a chance to take part, may be assigned to other 
pupils.] 

ist Pupil. — It is a little singular that an emblem 
of nobility should suggest the idea for our star- 



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spangled banner. When the Americans, in their 
most righteous revolt against the tyranny of the 
mother country, cast about for an ensign with which 
to distinguish themselves from their English oppress- 
ors, what did they ultimately adopt ? Why, nothing 
more than a gentleman's badge — a modification of 
the old English coat of arms borne by their leader 
and deliverer. 

{Hands a flag to the leader.) 
2d Pupil. — A few stars had in the old chivalrous 
times distinguished Washington's ancestors in the 
tournament and upon the battle-field ; more stars 
and additional stripes, denoting the number of States 
that joined in the struggle, now became the standard 
around which the patriots of the West so successfully 
rallied. It is not a little curious that the poor, worn- 
out rag of feudalism, as so many would count it, 
should have expanded into the bright and ample 
banner that now waves from every sea. 

{Hands the leader another flag, who affixes the two 
[crossed] above the picture of Washington.) 

Singing — " Star-Spangled Banner" 

id Pupil. — 

u Our flag is there, our flag is there, 

We'll hail it with three loud huzzas. 
Our flag is there, our flag is there, 

Behold the glorious Stripes and Stars. 
Stout hearts have fought for that bright flag, 

Strong hands sustained it masthead high ; 
And, oh, to see how proud it waves, 

Brings tears of joy to every eye ! " 

4th Pupil. — 

Are ye all there ? Are ye all there, 

Stars in my country's sky ? 
Are ye all there ? Are ye all there, 

In your shining homes on high ? 
" Count us ! count us ! was their answer, 

As they dazzled on my view, 



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In glorious perihelion, 
Amid their field of blue. 

I cannot count ye rightly, 

There's a cloud with sable rim ; 
I cannot make your number out, 

For my eyes with tears are dim. 
O bright and blessed angel, 

On white wing floating by, 
Help me to count, and not to miss 

One star in my country's sky ! 

Then the angel touched mine eyelids, 

And touched the forming cloud ; 
And its sable rim departed, 

And it fled with murky shroud. 
There was no missing Pleiad 

'Mid all that sister race ; 
The Southern Cross gleamed radiant forth, 

And the Pole-Star kept its place. 

Then I knew it was the angel 

Who woke the hymning strain 
That at our Redeemer's birth 

Pealed out o'er Bethlehem's plain ; 
And still its heavenly key-tone 

My listening country held, 
For all her constellated stars • 
The diapason swelled. 

Mrs. Sigourney. 
Singing — "Red, White, and Blue" 
Leader. — What have our own writers said about 
Washington and his birthday ? 

$th Pupil — 

Welcome to the day returning, 

Dearer still as ages flow, 
While the torch of Faith is burning, 

Long as Freedom's altars glow ! 
See the hero whom it gave us 

Slumbering on a mother's breast ; 

For the arm he stretched to save us 

Be its morn forever blest ! 

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Vain is empire's mad temptation ! 

Xot for him an earthly crown ! 
He whose sword has freed a nation 

Strikes the offered sceptre down. 
See the throneless conqueror seated; 

Ruler by a people's choice ; 
See the patriot's task completed ; 

Here the Father's dying voice : 
" By the name that you inherit, 

By the sufferings you recall, 
Cherish the fraternal spirit ; 

Love your country first of all ! 
Listen not to idle questions 

If its bands may be untied ; 
Doubt the patriot whose suggestions 

Strive a nation to divide ! " 
Father ! we, whose ears have tingled 

With the discord notes of shame ; 
We, whose sires their blood have mingled 

In the battle's thunder-flame, — 
Gathering, while this holy morning 

Lights the land from sea to sea, 
Hear thy counsel, heed thy warning : 

Trust us while we honor thee. 

Oliver Wendell Holmes. 



6th Pupil.— 



Welcome, thou festal morn ! 
Never be passed in scorn 

Thy rising sun, 
Thou day forever bright 
With Freedom's holy light, 
That gave the world the sight 

Of Washington. 

* v." * * * 

Then with each coming year, 
Whenever shall appear 

That natal sun, 
Will we attest the worth 
Of one true man to earth, 
And celebrate the birth 

Of Washington. 

George Hcwland. 



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7M Pupil. — 

Virginia gave us this imperial man, 
Cast in the massive mould 
Of those high-statured ages old 
Which into grander forms our mortal metal ran ; 
She gave us this unblemished gentleman. 

What shall we give her back but love and praise, 

As in the dear old unestranged days 
Before the inevitable wrong began ? 
Mother of States and undiminished men, 

Thou gavest us a country, giving him, 
And we owe alway what we owed thee then ; 
The boon thou wouldst have snatched from us again 

Shines as before with no abatement dim. 

Lowell. 

Zth Pupil.— 

Washington, the warrior and legislator ! In war 
contending, by the wager of battle, for the inde- 
pendence of his country and for the freedom of the 
human race ; ever manifesting amidst its horrors, 
by precept and example, his reverence for the laws 
of peace and the tenderest sympathies of humanity : 
in peace soothing the ferocious spirit of discord 
among his countrymen into harmony and union ; 
and giving to that very sword, now presented to his 
country, a charm more potent than that attributed, 
in ancient times, to the lyre of Orpheus. 

John Quincy Adams. 

gt/i Pupil. — 

O Washington, dearest and best of our race, 

Thy deeds through the night-cloud of ages shall 
lighten ! 
Thy name on his banner the soldier shall trace, 
To hallow his death or his triumphs to brighten. 

Charles Sprague. 

Leader, — What have English writers said of him ? 

\oth Pupil. — 

He fought, but not with love of strife ; he struck, but 
to defend : 



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And ere he turned a people's foe, he sought to be a 
friend. 

He strove to keep his country's right by Reason's 
gentle word, 

And sighed when fell Injustice threw the challenge — 
sword to sword. 

He stood the firm, the calm, the wise, the patriot and 
sage ; 

He showed no deep avenging hate, no burst of des- 
pot rage ; 

He stood for Liberty and Truth, and dauntlessly led 
on 

Till shouts of victory gave forth the name of Wash- 
ington. Eliza Cook. 

wth Pupil. — 

Where may the wearied eye repose 

When gazing on the great, 
Where neither guilty glory glows 

Nor despicable state ? 
Yes, — one, the first, the last, the best, 
The Cincinnatus of the West, 

Whom envy dared not hate, 
Bequeathed the name of Washington 
To make men blush there was but one. 

Lord Byron. 

Leader. — Washington is buried at Mount Vernon, 
to w r hich many of his countrymen and others from 
all parts of the world make pilgrimages. What has 
a celebrated poet w T ritten about the last resting- 
place of heroes? 

12th Pupil. — 

" What hallows ground where heroes sleep ? 
'Tis not the sculptured piles you heap ! — 
In dews that heavens far distant weep 

Their turf may bloom, 
Or genii twine beneath the deep 
Their coral tomb." 
Singing — " A??ierica" 



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The Twenty-second of February. 

[A boy or girl in the grammar grade could recite these verses to open a pro- 
gram in honor of Washington.] 

Pale is the February sky, 

And brief the midday's sunny hours; 
The wind-swept forest seems to sigh 

For the sweet time of leaves and flowers. 

Yet has no month a prouder day, 
Not even when the Summer broods 

O'er meadows in their fresh array, 
Or Autumn tints the glowing woods. 

For this chill season now again 

Brings, in its annual round, the morn 

When, greatest of the sons of men, 
Our glorious Washington was born. 

Lo, where, beneath an icy shield, 
Calmly the mighty Hudson flows ! 

By snow-clad fell and frozen field 
Broadening the lordly river goes. 

The wildest storm that sweeps through space, 
And rends the oak with sudden force, 

Can raise no ripple on his face, 
Or slacken his majestic course. 

Thus 'mid the wreck of thrones shall live 
Unmarred, undimmed, our hero's fame ; 

And years succeeding years shall give 

Increase of honors to his name. — Bryant. 



I Would Tell. 

(Recitation for Five Boys.) 

i st Boy. — 

I would tell of Washington 
When he was a boy like me. 
He learned his lessons well at school, 
And always tried to keep the rule, 
And if at work, or if at play, 
He did his very best each day : 



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Was gentle, honest, brave, and true, 
And loved by all his comrades, too, 
When he was a boy like me. 

2d Boy. — 

I would tell of Washington 

When he was twenty-one — 
How he journeyed through the wilderness, 
Ofttimes in peril and distress, 
Yet never did his stout heart quail, 
For he knew no such word as fail ; 
His dauntless courage, even then, 
Showed him a leader among men, 

When he was twenty- one. 

$d Boy.— 

I w T ould tell of Washington 

In camp at Valley Forge. 
When everything seem dark and drear, 
And hope had given place to fear, 
He stood alone unmoved and calm ; 
His very presence was like balm 
To soothe the suffering, rouse the faint ; 
He cheered each heart, stilled each complaint, 

In camp at Valley Forge. 

/\th Boy. — 

I would tell of Washington 

After the war was o'er. 
By one accord made President, 
As toward the capital he went, 
The streets were decked with banners gay 9 
And flowers were scattered in his way ; 
Gathered about his path, the throng 
Proclaimed him chief with shout and song, 

After the war was o'er. 
5M Boy. — 

I would tell of Washington 

When came life's peaceful close. 
Where broad Potomac's waters flowed, 
There he took up his last abode ; 
Respected, honored, loved, revered, 
By countless friends his days were cheered, 



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And when, at length, drew near the end, 
The nation wept to lose a friend 
So came life's peaceful close. 



Flag of the Rainbow. 

[This recitation may be made very effective if given with spirit. If spoken 
by a girl she should dress in white, with a sash of the national colors draped 
over her shoulder and hanging by her side. A flag should be held in her hand. 
41 The Star- Spangled Banner" should be played very softly throughout the 
recitation.] 

Flag of the rainbow, and banner of stars, 
Emblem of light and shield of the lowly, 

Never to droop while our soldiers and tars 
Rally to guard it from outrage unholy. 

Never may shame or misfortune attend it, 
Enmity sully, or treachery rend it, 
While but a man is alive to defend it : 
Flag of the rainbow, and banner of stars. 

Flag of a land where the people are free, 
Ever the breezes salute and caress it ; 

Planted on earth, or afloat in the sea, 

Gallant men guard it, and fair women bless it. 

Fling out its folds o'er a country united, 
Warmed by the fires that our forefathers lighted, 
Refuge where down-trodden man is invited: 
Flag of the rainbow, and banner of stars. 

Flag that our sires gave in trust to their sons, 
Symbol and sign of a liberty glorious; 

While the grass grows and the clear water runs, 
Ever invincible, ever victorious. 

Long may it 'waken our pride and devotion, 
Rippling its colors in musical motion, 
First on the land, and supreme on the ocean : 
Flag of the rainbow, and banner of stars, 



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The Schoolhouse Stands by the Flag. 

[The boy who is # chosen to deliver this recitation should speak enthusiasti- 
cally the lines relating to the school. In the second verse at the first line the 
speaker raises his hand upwards ; at the second line he points to the ground. 
A large flag should be draped or hung in the background.] 

Ye who love the Republic, remember the claim 
Ye owe to her fortunes, ye owe to her name ; 
To her years of prosperity, past and in store — 
A hundred behind you, a thousand before. 
'Tis the schoolhouse that stands by the flag — 

Let the nation stand by the school ; 
'Tis the school-bell that rings for our Liberty old, 

'Tis the schoolboy whose ballot shall rule. 

The blue arch above us is Liberty's dome, 
The green fields beneath us Equality's home, 
But the school-room to-day is Humanity's friend — 
Let the people the flag and the schoolhouse defend. 
'Tis the schoolhouse that stands by the flag — 

Let the nation stand by the school ; 
'Tis the school-bell that rings for our Liberty old, 

'Tis the schoolboy whose ballot shall rule. 



The Good Old Days. 

[A recitation for the schoolboy who sees the " funny side " of things.] 

When Washington was President, 

As cold as any icicle, 
He never on a railroad went ; 

And never rode a bicycle. 

He read by no electric lamp, 

Nor heard about the Yellowstone, 

He never licked a postage stamp, 
And never saw a telephone. 

His trousers ended at the knees, 

By wire he could not send despatch ; 

He filled his lamp with whale-oil grease, 
And never had a match to scratch. 



66 WASHINGTON. 

But in these days it's come to pass, 
All work is with such dashing done — 

We've all those things ; but then, alas ! — 
We seem to have no Washington. 

Robert J. Burdette. 

My Land. 

(This recitation may be given by a girl or boy.) 

She is a rich and rare land ; 
Oh, she's a fresh and fair land ; 
She is a dear and rare land — 
This native land of mine. 

No men than hers are braver; 
Her women's hearts ne'er waver; 
I'd freely die to save her, 
And think my lot divine. 

She's not a dull nor cold land — 
No ! she's a warm and bold land ; 
Oh, she's a true and old land — 
This native land of mine. 

Could beauty ever guard her, 
And virtue still reward her, 
No foe would cross her border, 
No friend within her pine ! 

Oh, she's a fresh and fair land ; 
Oh, she's a true and rare land ; 
Yes, she's a rare and fair land — 
This native land of mine. 

A Boy's Protest. 

By Ruth Davenport. 
(A recitation for a small boy holding a pasteboard hatchet.) 
Oh dear, what a racket 
All about that hatchet ! 
I wish they would stop all their noise ! 
Some folks who write papers 
Would rub out all capers, 
And prosy stuff give to us boys. 



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It takes all the courage 

From boys that are my age 
To be told such stories are fibs, 

When we have been trying 

To keep from all lying 
Ever since we were out of bibs. 

They would have us receive 

All that they can believe 
As all that is honest and true, 

But 1 know boys to-day 

Who do not run away 
When mischief they've happened to do. 

And I'm still believing 

The story's old reading 
As the one on which to rely. 

And spite of the clamor 

My hero I'll honor 
As the boy who could not tell a lie. 



Our Flag. 

(Recitation for a boy. He holds a flag in his hands.) 

Oh, flag of a resolute nation, 
Oh, flag of the strong and free, 

The cherished of true-hearted millions, 
We hallow thy colors three ! 

Three proud, floating emblems of glory, 
Our guide for the coming time ; 

The red, white, and blue, in their beauty- 
Love gives them a meaning sublime. 

Thy red is the deep crimson life-stream 

Which flowed on the battle-plain, 
Redeeming our land from oppression, 

And leaving no servile stain. 
Thy white is a proud people's honor, 

Kept spotless and clear as light ; 
A pledge of unfaltering justice, 

A symbol of truth and right. 



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Thy blue is our nation's endurance, 

And points to the blue above ; 
The limitless, measureless azure, 

A type of our Father's love. 
Thy stars are God's witness of blessing, 

And smile at the foeman's frown ; 
They sparkle and gleam in their splendor, 

Bright gems in the great world's crown. 

Montgomery. 

Tribute to Washington. 
(Recitation for a high-school pupil.) 

Land of the West ! though passing brief the record 

of thine age, 
Thou hast a name that darkens all the world's wide 

page ! 
Let all the blasts of fame ring out — thine shall be 

loudest far ; 
Let others boast their satellites — thou hast the 

planet star. 
Thou hast a name whose characters of light shall 

ne'er depart ; 
'Tis stamped upon the dullest brain, and warms the 

coldest heart ; 
A war-cry fit for any land where freedom's to be 

won, 
Land of the West ! — it stands alone — it is thy Wash- 
ington ! 

He fought, but not with love of strife ; he struck, but 

to defend ; 
And ere he turned a people's foe, he sought to be a 

friend. 
He strove to keep his country's right by Reason's 

gentle word, 
And sighed when fell Injustice threw the challenge — 

sword to sword. 
He stood the firm, the calm, the wise, the patriot and 

sage; 
He showed no deep avenging hate, no burst of 

despot rage ; 



CELEBRATING WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. 69 

He stood for Liberty and Truth, and dauntlessly led 
on 

Till shouts of victory gave forth the name of Wash- 
ington. 

No car of triumph bore him through a city filled 

with grief. 
Xo groaning captives at the wheels proclaimed him 

victor-chief ; 
He broke the gyves of slavery with strong and high 

disdain, 
But cast no sceptre from the links when he had 

crushed the chain. 
He saved his land, but did not lay his soldier trap- 
pings down 
To change them for the regal vest and don a kingly 

crown ; 
Fame was too earnest in her joy, too proud of such 

a son 
To let a robe and title mask a noble Washington. 

Eliza Cook. 

America. 

(Recitation for a high-school pupil.) 

O mother of a mighty race, 
Yet lovely in thy youthful grace ! 
The elder dames, thy haughty peers, 
Admire and hate thy blooming years ; 

With words of shame 
And taunts of scorn they join thy name. 

For on thy cheeks the glow is spread 
That tints thy morning hills with red ; 
Thy step — the wild deer's rustling feet 
Within thy woods are not more fleet ; 

Thy hopeful eye 
Is bright as thine own sunrry sky. 

Ay, let them rail, those haughty ones, 
While safe thou dwellest with thy sons. 
They do not know how loved thou art, 
flow many a fond and fearless heart 



70 WASHINGTON. 

Would rise to throw 
Its life between thee and the foe. 

They know not, in their hate and pride, 
What virtues with thy children bide — 
How true, how good, thy graceful maids 
Make bright, like flowers, the valley shades ; 

What generous men 
Spring, like thine oaks, by hill and glen ; 

What cordial welcomes greet the guest 
By thy lone rivers of the West ; 
How faith is kept, and truth revered, 
And man is loved, and God is feared, 

In woodland homes 
And where the ocean border foams. 

There's freedom at thy gates, and rest 
For earth's downtrodden and oppressed, 
A shelter for the hut ted head, 
For the starved laborer toil and bread. 

Power, at thy bounds, 
Stops and calls back his baffled hounds. 

O fair young mother ! on thy brow 
Shall sit a nobler grace than now. 
Deep in the brightness of thy skies 
The thronging years in glory rise, 

And, as they fleet, 
Drop strength and riches at thy feet„ 

Thine eye, with every coming hour, 

Shall brighten, and thy form shall tower ; 

And when thy sisters, elder born, 

Would brand thy name with words of scorn, 

Before thine eye 
Upon their lips the taunt shall die. 

William Cullen Bryant. 



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Welcome, Thou Festal Morn ! 

(These words can be sung- to the well-known tune, " America. 11 ) 

Welcome, thou festal morn ! 
Never be passed in scorn 

Thy rising sun ; 
Thou day forever bright 
With Freedom's holy light, 
That gave the world the sight 

Of Washington. 

Unshaken 'mid the storm, 
Behold that noble form, — 

That peerless one, — 
With his protecting hand, 
Like Freedom's angel, stand, 
The guardian of our land, 

Our Washington. 

Traced there in lines of light, 
Where all pure rays unite, 

Obscured by none ; 
Brightest on history's page, 
Of any clime or age, 
As chieftain, man, and sage, 

Stands Washington. 

Name at which tyrants pale, 
And their proud legions quail,* 

Their boasting done ; 
While Freedom lifts her head, 
No longer filled with dread, 
Her sons to victory led 

By Washington. 

Now the true patriot see, 
The foremost of the free, 

The victory won. 
In Freedom's presence bow, 
While sweetly smiling now, 
She wreathes the smiling brow 

Of Washington, 



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Then with each coming year. 
Whenever shall appear 

That natal sun, 
Will we attest the worth 
Of one true man to earth, 
And celebrate the birth 

Of Washington. 

George Howland. 



Hymn for Washington's Birthday. 

By Charles S. Davis. 
(To the tune, " America.' 1 ) 

All hail, thou glorious morn 
That Washington was born ! 

All hail to thee ! 
Whether thy skies be bright, 
Or veiled in clouds of night, 
To thee in joyous right 

Our song shall be. 

All come with glad acclaim, 
To sing and praise thy name, 

O Washington ! 
O'er all this land so free, 
Hearts turn with pride to thee, 
Q hampion of liberty, 

Columbia's son. 

When Britain's tyrant hand 
Smote freedom's native land 

With mad decree, 
Thy gleaming blade, raised high, 
'Mid war-clouds rolling by, 
Wrote on thy country's sky, 

" Great land, be free ! " 

Let Freedom each year bring 
Chaplets as fresh as spring 
To deck her son ! 



CELEBRATING WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, 73 

While Freedom's angels stand 
Guard o'er that flag and land, 
Saved by the mighty hand 
Of Washington. 

Flag of the Free. 

(May be sung to the March from " Lohengrin. ") 

Flag of the free ! fairest to see ! 

Borne through the strife and the thunder of war 
Banner so bright with starry light, 

Float ever proudly from mountain to shore. 

Emblem of Freedom, hope to the slave, 

Spread thy fair folds but to shield and to save ; 

W T hile through the sky loud rings the cry, 
Union and Liberty ! — one evermore ! 

Flag of the brave, long may it wave, 

Chosen of God, while His might we adore ; 

In Liberty's van for manhood of man, 

Symbol of Right thro' the years passing o'er. 

Pride of our country, honored afar, 

Scatter each cloud that would darken a star 

While through the sky loud rings the cry, 
Union and Liberty ! — one evermore ! 

Our Presidents 

(To the tune of " Yankee Doodle.' 1 ) 

George Washington is number one, 

With whom begin the story ; 
John Adams then doth follow on 

To share him in the glory. 
Thomas Jefferson comes next, 

A good old man was he. 
James Madison is number four, 

Twice President to be. 

Chorus. 
Our Presidents, hurrah ! hurrah ! 

We'll give them three times three, 
And may their mem Vies ever live 

In our hearts so brave and free. 



74 WASHINGTON. 

Dear James Monroe was next in line, 

Twice, also, did he rule us. 
John Quincy Adams served us next, 

And not once did he fool us. 
Then Andrew Jackson came along, 

So famous as a soldier. 
Martin Van Buren took his place m 

To act as office-holder. 

And William Henry Harrison 

Came next in the procession. 
He died, and then John Tyler came 

Of the chair to take possession. 
James K. Polk is on the roll, 

He was an upright man. 
Zachary Taylor followed him, 

A dozen, now, we scan. 

Millard Fillmore then was called 

To rule o'er all our nation ; 
And after him one Franklin Pierce 

Was called to fill the station. 
James Buchanan was the next 

Our President to be ; 
Then came Abe Lincoln brave and true, 

A mighty man was he. 

Andrew Johnson's name is next 

In the song which w T e are singing ; 
Then comes the name of U. S. Grant, 

Let's set the rafters ringing ! 
And now we've got to R. B. Hayes, 

The nineteenth name of all ; 
And James A. Garfield is the next 

To answer to the call. 

Chester Allan Arthur then 

Comes forth to take his place ; 
And Grover Cleveland follows him, 

The next one in the race. 
Harrison, in eighty-eight, 

Was called to fill the chair. 
And Cleveland then again was called 

To rule our country fair. 



FLAG-DRILL No. i. 75 



FLAG-DRILL No. I. 




By Lillian E. Snow. 

MARCH. — Eight children on each side of stage 
enter from the back side entrance ; lines pass, com- 
ing to front, pass in front, meet in the centre of back 
of stage, and march forward in couples, first boy in 
each line marching together, number twos together, 
and so on. During this part of march, flags are 
held in right hand and leaning against right shoulder. 
Lines separate at front and meet again at back ; 
with flags crossed march again to front, separate, 
meet again at back. When first couple meet, each 
grasps the other's right wrist with left hand, face 
front, arms crossed so that flags are perpendicular 
in front of partner's right shoulder. Each succeed- 
ing couple does the same, with no loss of time. 
First couple march to middle, and then two steps to 
left. Second couple to middle, two steps to right. 
Third couple to left of first. Fourth couple to right 
of second, making a line of eight. Fifth couple 
march around first line to left, and stand in front of 
first couple. Sixth couple march around to right, 
and stand in front of second, seventh in front of 
third, and eighth in front of fourth, all moving at 
same time till places are reached in line. At a given 
signal or certain count, arms are uncrossed, and each 
holds flag against right shoulder. 

After eight counts the teacher outside or leader on stage give 
the following commands. Each command requires eight counts, 



76 WASHINGTON. 

every eighth count being first position, viz., flag in front of right 
shoulder, facing front. It will be well to give the command either 
on every seventh or every eighth count, so that pupils will be 
ready to assume the new position. The figures after each direc- 
tion indicate the counts. 

i. Salute. — Right hand forward (i), back (2), out 
at side (3), back (4). Position, 5, 6, 7, 8. 

2. Shoulder. — Right hand placed on left shoul- 
der, flags perpendicular, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Position, 
8. 

3. DROOP. — Step obliquely forward w r ith right 
foot, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, at same time holding flag-staff 
horizontally out in front of body, with flag waving 
downward. Position, 8. 

4. Retreat. — Back eight steps. 

5. Break Ranks. — Each pupil face partner (1), 
cross flags, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Position, 8. 

6. FORWARD. — Eight steps forward waving on 
every count left 1, right 2 ; 1. 3, r. 4 ; 1. 5, r. 6 ; 1. 7. 
Position 8. 

7. Friendship. — Cross flags, facing front. 

8. UNFURL. — Step obliquely forward and place 
right hand on left shoulder on count 1. Wave flag 
to right on count 2, and hold it up counts 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7. Position, 8. 

9. Wave. — Left 1, right 2, left 3, etc. Position, 
8. 

10. Line. — First line move back against second 
line, stand — eight counts. 

1 1. Stack. — First, third, fifth, and seventh couples 
composing left end. Second, fourth, sixth, and 
eighth couples forming right-hand end. Left end 
and right end each form small circle, right hands ex- 
tended toward middle, bringing all flags in a bunch ; 
hold as high as shortest boy can reach. Take eight 
counts to get this position. 

12. WHEEL. — Still with stacked flags each circle 
moves forward in circle eight counts. 

13. BACK. — Wheel back eight counts. 

14. Line. — Move gradually into same position as 



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No. 10. Position of flags on 8. (Caution. — Do not 
take position of flags in numbers n, 12, 13.) 

15. Position. — First line march forward eight 
abreast to same place occupied at opening of the 
drill. 

16. MARCH. — First couple move first left hand 
No. 1 to left ; right hand No. 1 to right ; second 
couple next, third next, etc., forming in two lines, 
facing each other, one line at left side of stage, other 
line at right side of stage. Take as many eights as 
necessary. Two will probably be enough. 

17. Forward. — Four steps forward, waving flags 
at same time, stand, 5, 6, 7, 8. 

18. MARCH — to position in the two lines as they 
were at opening of drill. (This may take more than 
one set of eight counts.) 

19. GROUND. — Right hand forward, 1, 2, lay on 
floor, but holding staff in hand, 3, 4, rise with hand 
forward, 5, 6. Position, 7, 8. 

20. Triumph. — Step obliquely forward on count 
one, also waving to left and right on 1, 2. Hold flag 
in that position, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Position, 8. 

21. DEFIANCE. — Partners face, 1, step obliquely 
forward with right foot, and at same time place 
right hand with flag on left shoulder, 2. Wave out 
to right, 3, hold it, 4, 5, 6, 7. Position, 8. 

22. Friendship. — Repeat number 7. 

23. PEACE. — Let flag droop behind shoulder, 
right hand against shoulder, staff pointing horizon- 
tally backward. Position, 8. 

24. WAVE. — Repeat number 9. 

25. Surrender. — Hold flag in position four 
counts. On count five, open the hand, letting flag 
fall. (Do not take position on count 8.) 

26. Recover. — Take two counts to stoop, take 
hold of and lift flag, hold on 3, 4. Position, 5, 6, 7, 
8. 

27. SHOULDER. — Repeat number 2. 

28. Wave. — Repeat number 9. 



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29. Rest. — Place top of flag on floor holding still 
in right hand. Position, 8. 

30. Display. — Bend the hand, so as to let the 
staff lie horizontally across body from right shoulder 
to left, flag drooping down. Position, 8. 

31. Wave. — Repeat number 9. 

32. Friendship.— Repeat number 7. 

33. Salute. — Repeat number 1. 

34. March. — Repeat number 16. 

35. Forward. — Flags pointing slightly forward, 
take four steps which will bring the lines nearly to- 
gether with flags meeting at the top, forming a 
bower. Hold this position, 5, 6, 7. Position, 8. 

Now the performers are in line in centre of stage, facing 
front, flags against shoulders, with the number eights as leaders 
instead of number ones who lead in. 

Left line march to left, forming a circle with his 
line ; at same time, right ine march to right, form- 
ing a circle with his line. This will take two eights 
to get space between boys tolerably even. At 
given signal or count they stop, form a complete 
circle by each left hand taking the other's right. 
Stand through the eight counts, and then raising 
hands as high as possible, circle eight steps forward 
and eight steps back and stop. Break into circles of 
four, stand through eight counts, then circle eight 
steps forward and eight steps back, with flags high. 
Then stop, form the two large circles again, circle 
forward and back, then number eights break and 
march to front of stage, sevens next, then sixes, and 
so on, making a double line in centre of stage. (It 
may take two sets of counts to get all in position.) 
Then march off to left in double line, waving flags to 
left and right as they pass off. 

Note. — This can be made longer if desirable by repeating 
numbers. The effect of the drill is very pretty when the pupils 
are thoroughly acquainted with it. Lines must not be formed too 
far to the front, so that when flags are Surrendered (No. 25) 
there will be plenty of room on stage. The flags should be two- 
foot flags. 



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FLAG-DRILL No. 2, 

DIRECTIONS. — Twelve pupils at least are neces- 
sary for the following drill ; twenty-four or thirty-six 
would add to its effectiveness. Skirts and waists of 
all should be white, bodice and sash of one third of 
class red, one third white and one third blue ; all 
wear slippers and stockings to match color of dress. 
Size of flags, 8 by 12. Flag-staffs should be long and 
slender. Position of flag in marching, in front of 
right shoulder. Music, a lively march. 

Fig. 1. Enter half the class from one side and half 
from the other, the leader on each side wearing red, 
the second ones white, the third blue, and so on. 
Those from opposite sides meet at centre of back 
part of stage, march forward in couples to front part, 
separate, and return to back of stage. Repeat. 
(Caution : turn square corners.) 

Fig. 2. Partners meet at back of stage (one line 
changes flags from right to left side) ; partners cross 
flags ; march to front ; separate ; return to back. 
Repeat. In repeating, march only to corners at the 
back of stage, instead of middle back. 

Fig. 3. March from corners to centre of stage, turn 
and march to front corners. Repeat. 

Fig. 4. Return to back part of stage, march for- 
ward in four lines, moving in wavy lines. Repeat. 

Fig. 5. Each line form in trios, red, white, and 
blue, cross flags, turn twice in a circle. Reverse, 
holding flags in left hands. 

Fig. 6. Four lines advance, form a single line ; line 
No. 1 at the left leading, marches until the front left- 
hand corner is reached ; line No. 2 halts at front 
right-hand corner ; line No. 3 back right-hand corner ; 
line No. 4 back left-hand corner. All march toward 
centre, the four lines forming the diagonals of a 



80 WASHINGTON. 

square ; keep perfectly straight lines ; march around 
the centre, preserving this order. Reverse, face, and 
march in opposite directions. 

Fig. 7. Lines 1 and 2, and 3 and 4, exchange places, 
passing each other in centre of stage. Line No. 1 
marches across front of stage to left-hand corner, 
where line No. 2 falls into line ; at back left-hand 
corner, line No. 3 falls into line ; at back right-hand 
corner, line No. 4. March in single file around the 
stage, form in four lines, partners facing each other. 

Fig. 8. Partners march toward each other, meet, 
touch tops of flags, forming an arch, turn as if to 
pass under arch formed, return to places. Repeat. 

Fig. 9. Lines march, cross over. Nos. 1 and 4 
meet in centre of stage, touch tops of flags, return 
to places. Lines 2 and 3 meet in same manner. 
Lines cross again, 1 and 4 meet, then 2 and 3 ; the 
last time 2 and 3 remain in their places. 

Fig. 10. Raise flags. Lines 1 and 2, and 3 and 4, 
march in circles towards the right. Reverse. 

Fig. 11. The following is a figure from the Vir- 
ginia Reel. Have lines, and pupils in each line, as 
far apart as possible. Leaders in each set meet, 
cross flags, swing, or rather march, once and a half 
around ; each leader then crosses flags with the sec- 
ond one on opposite side, swings, then crosses flags 
with partner, swings, and so on until the leaders 
have crossed flags with every one in the line. To 
make it still more effective, after the leaders have 
reached the third ones in the lines, let the second 
ones, standing now at the head, march in the same 
way. Then the third ones follow, and so on, until 
all the flags are in motion. 

Fig. 12. Leading couples march outside of lines, 
others follow, return to places, all arch flags. 

Fig. 13. Leaders in both sets march through under 
arch, meet at back part of stage, advance four 
abreast ; others follow in same order. Thus four red 
ones will march to the front, then four white, then 
four blue. This entire set (12) pass to the right ; the 



FLAG-DRILL No. 2. 8l 

next set pass to the left. The two meet at back, 
and march forward eight abreast ; halt, and separate 
so that the three colors may be seen. Song : " Nobly 
our Flag." 

Music changes to a succession of chords. The 
striking of a new chord is the signal for a change of 
attitude. 

Chord 1. All hold flags in front of right shoulder. 

Chord 2. Change to left. 

Chord 3. Change back to right. 

Chord 4. Hold flags as if taking aim. 

Chord 5. Fire — a quick movement forward of flags. 

Chord 6. Flags in first position. 

Chord 7. Charge — a sudden rush forward, body 
bent, flags held like bayonets. 

Chords 8, 9, 10. Retreat. Take three steps back 
slowly, flags held in same position as in No. 7. 

Chord 11. Repeat 7. 

Chords 12, 13, 14. Repeat 8, 9, 10. 

Chord 15. Surrender. Lay down flags. 

Chord 16. Recover. Pick up flags quickly. 

Chord 17. Victory. Wave joyously. 

Chord 18. Hold in front of right shoulder. 

Marching Song : " Rally Round the Flag, Boys." 
All march, to the song, in single file, arranged in 
the order red, white, blue. Leader march to centre 
of stage, halt, two others stop behind her ; then three 
behind these two, then four, and so on until the en- 
tire class is arranged in the form of a triangle. All 
sing " Star-spangled Banner." As the chorus is 
sung all wave flags. — Selected. 



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WASHINGTON. 



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Any number exactly divisible by six, may take 
part in this drill. Arrange according to size, the 
smallest in front ; each child is to carry a Hag 18 X 
36 inches, the staff 18 inches longer than length of 
right arm measured from index finger to shoulder, 
I \ yards average length. Position of flag in march- 
ing, staff at C held in right hand, resting on right 
hip, diagonally crossing the breast to left shoulder 
where it is held at A by left hand. 

Enter class from right side at H, march across to 
I, down to a, first six turn to left, stop at respective 
places, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; next six turn at 6, stopping 
at 7, 8, 9, io, ii, 12, the remaining sixes turning to 
left at c, d, and e. 

All mark time with left foot, until musician strikes 
a chord, then all must stand perfectly still, facing 
left. Chord 2 is for all to face the front, heels to- 
gether, toes out. Chord 3, right arm straight down 
at side, left hand at right shoulder, still clasping staff 
at A. Chord 4, left arm down at side. Musician 



FL4G-DRJLL No. 3. 83 

should at once begin with some good march, on 
first note of which the class should commence drill- 
ing. 

1st Position. — Extend right arm forward (flag held 
vertically), grasp flagstaff at B, with left hand on 
first note; hold flag in the position through 4; on 
5, 6, right hand at A, left slipping down to C, bring 
flag to left side, right hand at left shoulder, in this 
position on 6 ; on 7, 8, drop right hand at side. 

2d Position. — Extend left arm forward, flag held 
vertically, right hand at B, etc., as in first move- 
ment ; on 5, 6, flag in front of right shoulder, right 
hand at C, left at A ; on 7, 8, left hand at side. 

yi Position.— Staff held in right hand at C on left 
hip ; left hand at B ; staff slanting upward to left 
side ; head drooping a little to the left ; eyes down ; 
remain in the position 8 counts. 

4th Position. — Right hand at C, staff perpendicu- 
lar on right shoulder ; left hand at B ; arm curved 
gracefully over head, which is now erect, eyes for- 
ward ; 8 counts. 

$th Position. — Right hand at C ; left at B ; staff 
on left shoulder slanting upward to the left ; eyes 
looking up at flag; 8 counts. 

6th Position. — Same as third, except staff slants 
upward to the right from right hip ; 8 counts. 

7th Position. — Kneel on right knee, left hand at 
A, right at C, both arms in a vertical position above 
head ; flag hanging down ; eyes down ; 8 counts. 

8th Position. — Rise ; hold flags in same position 
as when kneeling ; eyes forward ; 8 counts. 

gth Position. — Right foot diagonally forward with 
some emphasis ; left hand on hip ; right arm 
straight upward to the right, flag held vertically ; 
body bent slightly forward ; eyes looking up at flag ; 
8 counts. 

10th Position. — 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6 lines, 
with left hands still on hips, right arms holding flags 
aloft, face each other and cross flags at A; forming 
3 arches; stand thus through 8 counts. Remember 



84 Washington, 

all positions must be taken on I, and remain through 
8 counts. 

MARCH. 

The centre arch which is led by 3 and 4 stand 
still. 1 and 2, 5 and 6, lead their respective lines 
under their own arches to the rear of room, as in- 
dicated by arrows ; 7 and 8 falling in behind 1 and 

2 ; 11 and 12 behind 5 and 6, etc. Upon reaching 
D and E, 1 leads to the right followed by 2, 7, 8, 
etc.; 5 leads to the left followed by 6, n, 12, etc. 
At F, 1 and 5 lead their respective lines under the 
centre arch, separating at G, 1 and 2, now marching 
to the right, side by side ; 5 and 6 to the left, side 
by side, cross flags and march down to their places, 
forming again the 3 arches. As soon as 1 and 2, 5 
and 6 lines have reached their places, 3 and 4 lead 
their lines under their own arch to the rear of the 
stage, separate at G ; 3 leading her line down the 
right-hand arch, 4 leading down the left-hand arch ; 

3 and 4 meet at F, and stop at their respective 
places ; as each couple reaches its place, they cross 
flags for their followers to pass under, forming again 
3 arches. 

At a given signal all lower their flags, carrying in 
front of right shoulder, and turn to left. 1 leads 
her line 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, round behind 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 12, 
who fall in behind 1st line, and march round behind 
18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, who join 1st and 2d, and march 
round behind the next line, etc., until the rear of 
stage is reached, then march off. 



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FIFTY PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS. 

Our country, however bounded or described — still 
our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be 
defended by all our hands. — R. C. Winthrop, 

Let our object be our country, our whole country, 
and nothing but our country. — Da?iiel Webster. 

A star for every State, and a State for every star. 

—R. C. Winthrop. 

This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of 
freedom, and that government of the people, by the 
people, for the people, shall not perish from the 
earth. — Lincoln. 

Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give 
my hand and heart to this vote. — Daniel Webster. 

When Freedom, from her mountain height, 

Unfurled her standard to the air, 
She tore the azure robe of night, 

And set the stars of glory there ! 
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes 

The milky baldric of the skies, 
And striped its pure, celestial white, 

With streakings of the morning light ;. 
Then, from his mansion in the sun, 

She called her eagle-bearer down, 
And gave into his mighty hand 

The symbol of her chosen land. 

— /. R. Drake. 

Speed our Republic, O Father on high ! 

Lead us in pathways of justice and right ; 
Rulers as well as the ruled, " One and all," 

Girdle with virtue, the armor of might. 
Hail ! three times hail, to our country and flag ! 
Rulers as well as the ruled, " One and all," 
Girdle with virtue, the armor of might, 
Hail ! three times hail, to our country and flag ! 

— Sylvan us p.rytlcn Phelps. 



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While patriotism is the leading principle, and our 
laws are contrived with wisdom and executed with 
vigor; while industry, frugality, and temperance are 
held in estimation, and we depend upon public spirit 
and the love of virtue for our social happiness, peace 
and affluence will throw their smiles upon the brow 
of individuals, our commonwealth will flourish, our 
land will become a land of liberty, and America an 
asylum for the oppressed. — Jonathan Mason. 

With one impulse the colonies sprung to arms ; 
with one spirit they pledged themselves to each other 
" to be ready for the extreme event." With one 
heart the continent cried, " Liberty or Death ! " 

— George Bancroft, 

When we reflect on what has been, and is, how is 
it possible not to feel a profound sense of the respon- 
sibilities of this republic to all future ages ! W T hat 
vast motives press upon us for lofty efforts ! What 
brilliant prospects invite our enthusiasm ! What 
solemn warnings at once demand our vigilance and 
moderate our confidence. — Joseph Story. 

And there was tumult in the air, 

The fife's shrill note, the drum's loud beat, 
And through the wide land everywhere 
The answering tread of hurrying feet ; 
While the first oath of Freedom's gun 
Came on the blast from Lexington ; 
And Concord, roused, no longer tame, 
Forgot her old baptismal name, 
Made bare her patriot arm of power, 
And swelled the discord of the hour. 

— Thomas Buchanan Read. 

The men to make a State must be brave men. I 
mean the men that walk with open face and unpro- 
tected breast. I mean the men that do, but do not 
talk. I mean the men that dare to stand alone. I 
mean the men that are to day where they were yester- 
day, and will be there to-morrow. I mean the men 
that can stand still and take the storm, — George 
Washington Doane, 



FIFTY PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS. 



37 



Oppressed and persecuted in their native country, 
the high, indignant spirit of our fathers formed the 
bold design of leaving a land where minds as well as 
bodies were chained, for regions where Freedom 
might be found to dwell. — William Merchant Richard- 
son. 

So, then, our last words shall be for the Union. 
The Union will guard the fame of its defenders, will 
keep alive for mankind the beacon-lights of popular 
liberty and power; and its mighty heart will throb 
with delight at every true advance in any part of the 
world towards republican happiness and freedom. — 
George Bancroft. 

Liberty, I repeat, is a solemn thing. The world, up 
to this time, has regarded it as a boon, not as a bond. 
And there is nothing in the present crisis of human 
affairs, there is no point in the great human welfare, 
on which men's ideas so much need to be cleared up, 
to be advanced, to be raised to a higher standard, as 
this grand and terrible responsibility of freedom. — 
Orville Dewey. 

Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, — 
The queen of the world and the child of the skies ; 
Thy genius commands thee ; with rapture behold, 
While ages on ages thy splendors unfold. 

• 

Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time, 
Must fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime ; 
Let the crimes of the East^ ne'er encrimson thy name, 
Be freedom and science and virtue thy fame. 

— Timothy Dwight. 

It is obvious that liberty has a more extensive and 
durable foundation in the United States than it ever 
has had in any other age or country. By the repre- 
sentative principle, a principle unknown and imprac- 
ticable among the ancients, the whole mass of society 
is brought to operate in constraining the action of 
power and in the conservation of liberty. — George J/V- 
Duffie, 



S8 WASHINGTON. 

• To thee, O country great and free !' 
With trusting hearts we cling ; 
Our voices tuned by joyous love, 
Thy power and praises sing. 
Upon thy mighty, faithful heart 
We lay our burdens down ; 
Thou art the only friend who feels 
The weight without a frown. 

— Anna Philipine Eichberg* 

The name American itself is sufficient to inspire 
within the bosom of every one, who so proudly claims 
it, a holy zeal to preserve forever the endearing 
epithet. This Union must and will be preserved ! 
Division is impossible. The Divine Architect of 
nature Himself has said in His lofty mountains and 
majestic rivers, " Be United ! " — Alexander Hogg. 

Hasten the day, just Heaven 

Accomplish Thy design, 
And let the blessings Thou hast freely given 

Freely on all men shine, 
Till equal rights be equally enjoyed, 

And human power for human good employed ; 
Till law, not man, the sovereign rule sustain, 

And peace and virtue undisputed reign. 

— Henry Ware, Jr. 

Patriotism, whether we reflect upon the benevo- 
lence which gives it birth, the magnitude of its object, 
the happy effect w T hich it produces, or the height to 
which it exalts human character, by the glorious 
action of which it is the cause, must be considered 
as the noblest of all the social virtues. — Increase Cook. 

There is a land, of every land the pride, 
Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; 
Where brighter suns dispense serener light, 
And milder moons imparadise the night ; 
A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, 
Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth. 
Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found ? 
Art thou a man ? a patriot ? look around ! 



FIFTY PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS. 89 

Oh ! thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, 
That land thy country, and that spot thy home. 

— James Montgomery. 

One of the most prominent features which distin- 
guished our forefathers was their determined resist- 
ance to oppression. They seemed born and brought 
up for the higii and special purpose of showing to 
the world that the civil and religious rights of man, 
the rights of self-government, of conscience and inde- 
pendent thought, are not things merely to be talked 
of, but to be adopted with the whole strength and 
ardor of the mind. — Francis William Pitt Greenwood. 

We cannot honor our country with too deep a 
reverence ; we cannot love her with an affection too 
pure and fervent ; we cannot serve her with an energy 
of purpose or a faithfulness of zeal too steadfast and 
ardent. — Grim ke. 

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest 
By all their country's wishes blest ! 
When spring, with dewy fingers cold 7 
Returns to deck their hallowed mould, 
She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 

By fairy hands their knell is rung ; 
By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; 
Their Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, 
To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; 
And Freedom shall awhile repair, 
To dwell a weeping hermit there ! 

— J 1 11 Hi i m Collin s , 

Breathes there a man with soul so dead 
Who never to himself hath said, 

" This is my own, my native land ! " 
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, 
As home his footsteps he hath turned 

From wandering in a foreign strand ? 

If such there be, go, mark him well ; 
For him no minstrel raptures swell ; 



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High though his titles, proud his name, 
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; 
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,, 
The wretch, concentred all in self, 
Living, shall forfeit fair renown, 
And, doubly dying, shall go down 
To the vile dust from whence he sprung. 
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung ! 

. — Sir Waller Scott. 

In all the attributes of a great, happy, and flourish- 
ing people we stand without a parallel in the world. 
Abroad, we enjoy the respect and, with scarcely an 
exception, the friendship of every nation ; at home, 
while our government quietly, but efficiently, per- 
forms the sole legitimate end of political institutions, 
in doing the greatest good to the greatest number, 
we present an aggregate of human prosperity surely 
not elsewhere to be found. — Martin Van Bur en. 

Americans ! let us pause for a moment to consider 
the situation of our country at that eventful day 
when our national existence commenced. In the 
full possession and enjoyment of all those preroga- 
tives for which you then dared to adventure upon 
" all the varieties of untried being," the calm and 
settled moderation of the mind is scarcely competent 
to conceive the tone of heroism to which the souls of 
freemen were exalted in that hour of perilous mag- 
nanimity. — John Quincy Adams. 

How they shouted ! What rejoicing 

How the old bell shook the air, 
Till the clang of freedom ruffled 

The calmly gliding Delaware ! 
How the bonfires and the torches 

Lighted up the night's repose, 
And from the flames, like fabled Phoenix. 

Our glorious liberty arose. 

The principles of revolution were not the suddenly 
acquired property of a few bosoms : they were abroad 
in the land in the ages before. They had always 



FIFTY PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS. 91 

been taught, like the truths of the Bible ; they had 
descended from father to son, down from those primi- 
tive days when the pilgrim, established in his simple 
dwelling, and seated at his blazing fire, piled high 
from the forest which shaded his door, repeated to 
his listening children the story of his wrongs and 
his resistance, though the wild winds and the wild 
beasts were howling without, that they had nothing 
to fear from great men's opposition and the bishop's 
rage. — Francis William Pitt Greenwood. 

Be just and fear not ; let all the ends thou aimest 
at be thy country's, thy God's, and truth's. 

— Shakespeare. 

The patriot's boast, where'er we roam, 
His first best country ever is at home. 

— Goldsmith. 

Our father's God ! from out whose hand 
The centuries fall like grains of sand 
We meet to-day, united, free, 
And loyal to our land and Thee, 
To thank Thee for the era done, 
And trust Thee for the opening one. 

— Whittier. 

He was the bravest citizen of Rome that did most 
love and serve his country ; and he the saint among 
the Jews who most loved Zion. — Baxter. 

Strike — for your altars and your fires ; 
Strike — for the green graves of your sires ; 
God and your native land. — Halleek. 

Ah ! when the wanderer, lonely, friendless, 
In foreign harbors shall behold 
That flag unrolled, 
'Twill be as a friendly hand 
Stretched out from his native land, 
Filling his heart with memories sad and sweet. 

— Longfelloiv. 

The proper means of increasing the love we bear 
to our native country is to reside some time in a 
foreign one. — She n stone. 



Q2 WASHINGTON. 

A song for our banner? The watchword recall 
Which gave the Republic her station • 

" United we stand — divided we fall ! " 
It made and preserved us a nation. 

— Geo. P. Morris. 

Flag of the free heart's hope and home, 

By angel hands to valor given ! 
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, 

And all thy hues were born in heaven. 
Forever float that standard sheet ! 

Where breathes the foe but falls before us 9 
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, 

And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? 

— Joseph Rodman Drake. 

The sword of Washington ! The staff of Franklin! 
Oh, sir, what associations are linked in adamant with 
these names ! Washington, whose sword, as my friend 
lias said, was never drawn but in the cause of his 
country, and never sheathed when wielded in his 
country's cause ! Franklin, the philosopher of the 
thunderbolt, the printing-press, and the ploughshare! 

— John Quincy Adams. 

Our native song, — our native song, 

Oh, where is he who loves it not ? 
The spell it holds is deep and strong, 

Where'er we go, whate'er our lot. 
Let other music greet our ear, 

With thrilling fire or dulcet tone, 
We speak to praise, we pause to hear, 

But yet, oh, yet 'tis not our own. 
The anthem chant, the ballad wild, 

The notes that we remember long, 
The theme we sing with lisping tongue, 

'Tis this we love, — our native song. 

— Eliza Cook. 

The love of country is universal. It has its seat deep 
down in the human heart. It strengthens with our 
years; it is not weakened by distance, and we all feel 
the magnetism of its wondrous power. 

— Hon. John F. Dillon. 



FIFTY PATRIOTIC QUOTATIONS. 93 

God bless the flag ! let it float and fill 

The sky with its beauty ; — our heartstrings thrill 

To the low, sweet chant of its wind-swept bars, 

And the chorus of all its clustered stars. 

Embrace it, O mothers, and heroes shall grow 

While its colors blush warm on your bosoms of snow. 

Defend it, O fathers, there's no sweeter death 

Than to float its fair folds with a soldier's last breath I 

And love it, O children, be true to the sires 

Who wove it in pain by the old camp-fires. 

— Samuel L. Simpson. 

By every act let us encourage and promote the true 
principles of the government, Let the love of liberty 
hereafter, as heretofore, be dearer than love of life. 
Let it be our highest aim to promote and uphold 
everywhere a spirit of strict honesty, and be a virtuous 
and exalted community, living under and enjoying all 
the institutions of a model republic. — Hon. C. S. Chase. 

O'er the high and o'er the lowly 
Floats that banner bright and holy, 

In the rays of freedom's sun ; 
In the nation's heart embedded, 
O'er our Union newly w r edded, 

One in all, and all in one. 

As it floated long before us, 
Be it ever floating o'er us, 

O'er our land from shore to shore 
There are freemen yet to wave it, 
Millions who would die to save it, 

Wave it, save it evermore. 

— Dexter Smith. 

We have had our troubles as a nation. Our domes- 
tic war passed over this fair land, leaving its mark on 
each brow, its shadow in each household. But, thank 
God, that is over now. Sweet peace blesses the whole 
land, and slavery, the cause of the war, is no more a 
part of the system. Now, every man, woman, and 
child is raised to the dignity of an American freeman, 
and we all rejoice that it is so. That bright, trium- 
phant banner of liberty now floats proudly over every 
foot of American soil. — Hon. I. C. Parket* 



94 WASHINGTON, 

God of peace, whose spirit fills 
All the echoes of our hills, 
All the murmurs of our rills, 

Now the storm is o'er. 
Oh, let freemen be our sons, 
And let future Washingtons 
Rise, to lead their valiant ones, 

Till there's war no more. 

— John Pierpont. 

Liberty is a solemn thing, a welcome, a joyous, a 
glorious thing, if you please, but it is a solemn thing. 
A free people must be a thoughtful people. A free 
people must be serious ; for it has to do the greatest 
thing that ever was done in the world, — to govern 
itself. — Orville Dewey. 

Then up with our flag ! — let it stream on the air ; 

Though our fathers are cold in their graves, 
They had hands that could strike, they had souls 
that could dare, 

And their sons were not born to be slaves. 
Up, up with that banner ! where'er it may call, 

Our millions shall rally around, 
And a nation of freemen that moment shall fall 

When its stars shall be trailed on the ground. 

— George Washington Cutter. 

Flag of the heroes who left us their glory, 

Borne through their battle-fields' thunder and 
flame ; 
Blazoned in song and illumined in story, 
Wave o'er us all who inherit their fame ! 
Up with our banner bright, 
Sprinkled with starry light, 
Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore, 
While through the sounding sky 
Loud rings the Nation's cry, — 
Union and Liberty ! One evermore ! — Holmes* 



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